Tuesday, 18 October 2016

DEPTHS IN THE MYSTERY

PRAYER PAUSE


Wednesday 19 October 2016, The Martyrs of North America


DEPTHS IN THE MYSTERY


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “If you read my words, you will have some idea of the depths I see in the mystery of Christ.” (Ephesians 3:2-12)



Reflection. In the first half of the 1600s the Jesuits tried to go up the rivers of Canada into the heart of North America. They met with ferocious hostility and cruel deaths. They were, along with Paul, seeking to share their understanding of what it meant that God had entered human history in the person of Jesus. Paul’s letter to the Romans and Corinthians explain what happened but here in Ephesians – and in Colossians – he moves into the future, the fulfilment of the promises. He feels he is well ahead of his hearers in his grasp of the mystery but he struggles to give us “some idea” what it means.
 
Prayer. Lord, may we have some grasp of the mystery you reveal in Jesus and draw strength and joy from your walking with us on the way. Amen





































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