PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 14 October 2016
TREADING ON
ONE ANOTHER
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The people had gathered in their
thousands so that they were treading on one another.” (Luke 12:1-7)
Reflection. Why does Luke give us this detail? It
sounds like people trying to get into a football match. There is an air of
great excitement. Jesus has been upbraiding the Pharisees and lawyers and it
has struck a chord with the people. But now he turns on those same people and warns
them to, “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their
hypocrisy.” They have strayed from the truth so as to feather their own nest.
And it can easily happen among us. Today the Jesuit electors gather in Rome to
choose a new Superior General. They are trying to approach this choice in total
freedom before God.
Prayer. Lord, teach
us to approach each person and choice in freedom and truth. Amen
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