IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED

PRAYER PAUSE

Monday 6 February 2017, The Japanese and Musami (Zimbabwe ) martyrs (40 years ago today)

IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis1:1-19)

Reflection. These opening words of the Jewish scriptures express the blunt faith of the pilgrim people. Today scientists struggle to explain the origin of the universe and enrich our understanding of just how God worked all those billions of years ago, and goes on working today. The writer says the earth was a “formless void” and there was “darkness over the deep.” A poetic but bleak scenario. God said, “Let there be light.” The Christian scriptures also open with, “In the beginning” but then they say, “There was the Word … the Light of the world.” Creation is gathering momentum and we are living it each day.

Prayer. Lord, you invite us to be part of the great drama that began all those billions of years ago. May we be fully engaged. Amen.