PRAYER PAUSE
Saturday, 17 June 2017
A NEW
CREATION
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “For anyone who is in Christ there
is a new creation.” (2 Cor. 5:14-21)
Reflection. That we are engaged in creating a better
world is something we can all agree on. The prophets foretold this as God’s
burning desire and the the New Testamnt announced its arrival with Jesus. Where
we diverge is in the cost. It cannot come about by law – ancient or modern. The
law certainly helps to create conditions of justice in society but it is an
external tool and does not, of itself, touch the heart. The new creation – the new
Jerusalem – will only come about by a change of heart, a con-version, a turning
from the old, the familiar, the painless - to the new. And this new will always
involve the Cross. We grasp this in our heads. We “know” it from all we have learnt.
But does it penetrate deep into our heart and lives?
Prayer. Lord, as we long for the new
Jerusalem, help us to accept the Cross in al the ways it comes to us each day.
Amen
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