PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 1 December 2016, Edmund
Campion and Companions
A
GREAT CROWD OF WITNESSES
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “With so any witnesses in a
great cloud around us, we too, then, should throw off everything that weighs us
down.” (Hebrews 12:1)
Reflection. The general meeting of the
Jesuits in Rome, just ended, took up the call of Pope Francis to have “the
audacity to do the impossible.” It is a cry from the depths of our modern
anxiety in the face of the pressures that almost crush us in our headlong
society. We are called to break out of the grip of fear and paralysis that makes
us feel so insignificant before the forces that seem to crush us. In another
age, Emund Campiou and his companions rose to challenge the flow of history and
were indeed crushed as martyrs. But their magnificent spirit has inspired us
for 400 years.
Prayer. Lord,
give u8s the audacity to face the forces ranged against us that drag us down. May
the Holy Spirit give us courage! Amen.
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