ANYONE WHO LOVES

PRAYER PAUSE

Thursday 29 December 2016

ANYONE WHO LOVES

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Anyone who loves his brother or sister is living in the light and need not be afraid of stumbling.” (1 John 2:3-11)

Reflection. Oscar Romero, the Archbishop of San Salvador, who was shot dead as he celebrated Mass in March 1980, struggled to affirm the Church’s mission of salvation. On the right were the small number of rich people who controlled the wealth and power in the country and wanted no change and on the left the popular movements that wanted revolution and liberation from dictatorship. Romero tried to assert the mission of salvation of the whole person – not just liberation from economic and social injustice. The Church has a more radical, more demanding message, beyond political freedom. It is a call to love one another. Simple, but deeply radical and too hard to live?

Prayer. Lord, as we contemplate you in the manger, help us to love one another as you have loved us..Amen.