Friday, 2 June 2017

I WEAR THIS CHAIN

PRAYER PAUSE        


Saturday, 3 June 2017, The Uganda Martyrs


I WEAR THIS CHAIN


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “For it is on account of the hope of Israel that I wear this chain.” (Acts 28:16…32).  



Reflection. The 22 Anglican and Catholic martyrs of Uganda died because they were caught up in a fluid political situation and it seems also the king had sexual designs on some of them. What ever the exact reasons they showed great courage in standing up for the new faith they had embraced and the Church has recognised their faith as an echo of the long tradition going back to the early Churh. Our final readings today from Acts and John echo the martyrdoms of Peter and Paul and the death of John and galvanise our desire to be faithful in our own way in our own circumstances.


Prayer. Come Holy Spirit! Strengthen us with the same Spirit that inspired our martyrs.  Amen.






























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