PRAYER PAUSE
Tuesday 23
August 2016
WEIGHTIER
MATTERS
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “You have neglected the weightier
matters of the Law – justice, mercy, good faith.” (Matthew 23:23-26)
Reflection. “Alas for you…!” This is one of the
angrier scenes in the gospel where Jesus tells the scribes and Pharisees they
have twisted the Law to suit their own purposes, emphasising outward religion
while neglecting its central message: justice and mercy. We read it nodding
approval but we also know we are surrounded by compromises where justice and
mercy are skimped. We can do what we have to do but we fail to think of the
other person. Just yesterday I heard of a hospital where the food is cooked,
but so badly the patients can’t eat it - and there is no redress.. In big or
small ways that is our world.
Prayer. Lord, help
us to live the justice, mercy and good faith of the gospel. Amen
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