FAITH THAT MAKES ITS POWER FELT THROUGH LOVE

PRAYER PAUSE

Tuesday 11 October 2016, Pope Jon XXIII

FAITH THAT MAKES ITS POWER FELT THROUGH LOVE

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Circumcised or not makes no difference - what matters is faith that makes its power felt through love.” (Galatians 5:1-6)

Reflection. What is faith? It has been taught to us in many ways. For Paul, it is that rocklike quality that defines what it is to be truly human. It is that reaching out beyond ourselves – beyond evidence, comfort or security – to life beyond frontiers and boundaries. I have this image of a child in Ethiopia with an old box for a desk reaching out his hand with all the energy he can muster to give his answer to a question posed by the teacher. His whole straining body is an expression of “power felt through love.”

Prayer. Lord, may our faith be a stretching out beyond boundaries; may we reach for goals beyond our grasp. Amen