PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 26 December 2016, Stephen
THEY
WERE INFURIATED
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “They were infuriated when
they heard what Stephen said, and ground their teeth at him.” (Acts 6;8-10)
Reflection. Luke, with his sense of symmetry,
gives us a stunning event in the birth of the early Church to match the
astonishing event of the birth of Jesus. Jesus’ birth released an energy in the
way people lived: he stirred the awakening of people. Stephen’s death was a new
birth which confirmed the early Church in its provocative mission. And people
did not like it. In this case they were infuriated and set about ridding
themselves of Stephen. But, as we know, that only quickened the pace of the
Church’s reaching out beyond Jerusalem to the ends of the earth
Prayer. Lord,
may the celebration of your birth stir up the pot of life everywhere and hasten
the coming of yur kingdom. Amen.
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