Thursday, 14 July 2016

MASTER OF THE SABBATH

PRAYER PAUSE


Friday 15 July 2016, S Bonaventure  


MASTER OF THE SABBATH


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “For the Son of Man is master of the Sabbath.” (Matt.12:1-8)


Reflection. Insistence on the exact observance of the Sabbath was a strategy the Jewish leaders used to control the people and keep them in line. From being a holy day of rest it became a tool of oppression. We look back in anger at such a travesty of justice but we have to look into our own conscience. It happens today in state and Church when authority crushes dissent, when creativity is seen as threatening and the expression of differing views discouraged. It is happening in Zimbabwe today. It can also happen in our own lives when, in the interests of a peaceful life, we ignore our inner voice.


Prayer. Lord, help us to pay attention to your coming in different ways, drawing us into new paths we would rather not take. Amen




































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