Friday, 7 April 2017

I SHALL GATHER THEM

PRAYER PAUSE


Saturday 8 April 2017


I SHALL GATHER THEM


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “I shall gather them together from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil.” (Ezekiel 37 21-28)



Reflection. The promise, running through the paschal mystery, is of the good shepherd gathering the scattered flock into one sheepfold. Sin, the refusal to follow the law written in the human conscience and the consequent divisions and exclusions of people across the globe, has scattered the nations. The Jews have been physically scattered around the world for centuries. And even individuals live scattered lives unable to bring together their desires and the actual circumstances of their lives. The promise is of a gathering of all into unity – people with one another and with themselves. This homecoming is the desire and joy of every human heart.

Prayer. Lord, help us to be open to break down the barriers in our own lives and between people wherever we meet them.  Amen.






























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