Tuesday, 13 September 2016

LIFTED UP

PRAYER PAUSE 


Wednesday 14 September 2016. The Triumph of the Cross


LIFTED UP


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “The one who came down from heaven ,,, must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert.” (John 3:13-17)



Reflection. Forty days after the glimpse of heaven we call the ‘Transfiguration’ (August 6) we have the celebration of the Cross. It is a moment to ponder Good Friday and the double meaning of being “lifted up” so emphasised in John.  Jesus came to ‘lift up’ the world; transfiguration or transformation would happen through the cross. I am reading the cancer diary of Michael Paul Gallagher who died last year. He records his swings of mood as he enters his last days, his “extra time,” under chemo. In one or other way this is our human struggle and we can be crushed or lifted up by it.   

Prayer. Lord Jesus, may we be “lifted up” by whatever struggles we face each day. Amen





































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