PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday, 1 June 2017, Justin
MAY THEY ALL
BE ONE
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Father, may they be one in us, as
you are in me, and I am in you, so that the world may believe.” (John 17:20-26).
Reflection. Confrontatiuon builds unity. This, of
course, depends on the spirit in which we confront. Parents may later regret it
if they don’t “confront” their teenage children. Someone, I forget who, once
said à propos of the US civil rights movement, “I have to learn to hate you in order
to love you better.” Perhaps we are not good at confronting. It is tricky. But
that is what the Reformation in the sixteenth century – and the splits among
Christians – was all about. We can see today that it is building a form of
union of minds and hearts which will eventually give us a richer union than the
somewhat formal union the Church once enjoyed.
Prayer. Lord, teach us to confront one
another, in love. Amen.
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