PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 13 October 2016
YOU WILL
HAVE TO ANSWER FOR IT ALL
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “This generation will have to answer
for every prophet’s blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world.”
(Luke 11:47-54)
Reflection. A day or two ago Jesuit Fr Graham
Pugin was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by police as he tried to
protect students in their present stand-off with the government in South Africa.
Concern for him is mixed with pride that we have prophets in that long line
“from Abel to Zechariah.” Jesus furiously insists a time of reckoning is
coming. He refers to his own death and the victory that gives - a victory that
unfolds gradually through history. Despite the euphoria of 1994 South Africa is
not yet at peace with herself. And so it is in so many places. We still have
questions to answer.
Prayer. Lord, may
we face the issues that confront us and not run from tough questions. Amen
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