PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 20 October 2016
I AM HERE TO
BRING DIVISION
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Do you suppose I am here to bring peace
on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” (Luke12:49-53)
Reflection. “Peace on earth” was the message of
the angels at Bethlehem but it was peace born of engagement and engagement brings
division. That was the life of Jesus. And we have only to think of Martin
Luther King, who brought such division that people wanted to get rid of him and
he was killed. The same happened with the North American martyrs we remembered
yesterday and it happens to anyone who “engages” in the issues of our time. We
like “peace” but sometimes it is not peace at all but rather control which leaves
some in comfort and others in destitution.
Prayer. Lord,
teach us the peace that comes from engaging in the issues which today bring injustice
to so many on our planet. Amen
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