PRAYER PAUSE
Monday, 12 June 2017
THE GOD OF
ALL CONSOLATION
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, a gentle Father and God of all consolation.” (1 Cor.1: 1-7).
Reflection. Seven times the word ‘consolation’ or
‘comfort’ comes in our first reading today – and, in the gospel, ‘Happy’
appears nine times. Pope Francis calls his first letter ‘The Joy of the
Gospel.’ The Christian life is a joyful consoling life. If we find, at times,
this does not ring true for us we have to ask why. Because it really is the
default experience of being a Christian. The opposite of consolation –
desolation – carries a message for us.Health is our normal state and sickness
carries a measage. It is possible, of course, to be in consolation and sick at
the same time.
Prayer. Lord, help us to live in your
consolation. Amen
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