Tuesday, 24 January 2017

A WITNESS BEFORE ALL PEOPLE

PRAYER PAUSE


Wednesday 25 January 2017, Conversion of Paul


A WITNESS BEFORE ALL PEOPLE


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “You are to be his witness before all people, testifying to what you have seen and heard.” (Acts 22:3-16)



Reflection. We only celebrate the birthday of Jesus, Mary and John the Baptist. But in a way we also celebrate the birth of Paul today. It was a birth, a complete new existence,  which he lived with intensity and extraordinary imagination and resilience, traveling the length of the empire on foot, wrecked at sea and persecuted in many places along the way. We celebrate an astonishing energy that launched the Church in so many cities. May we have that imagination and energy today as our Church seeks to respond to ever changing events. And may we follow his example of engagement with people in our day.


Prayer. Lord, we rejoice in the “birthday” of Paul and may we today engage with imagination in the issues of our time. Amen





























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