PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
OUT CAME A
CANAANITE WOMAN
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Jesus withdrew to the region of
Tyre and Sidon . Then out came a Canaanite woman, who started shouting … “Have
pity on me!” (Matthew 15:21-28)
Reflection. Like Bartimaeus, this woman persists with
her request three times, breaking down the resistance of Jesus who says “I was
only sent to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.” But the Gentile woman
ignores his explanation and he ends by saying, “Woman, you have great faith.”
The House of Israel would formally reject Jesus on the night of his Passion but
would not thwart the plan of God to save the world through Israel. This woman
gives a taste of the eagerness of the Gentiles to break in and discover the
treasure.
Prayer. Lord Jesus, as we contemplate the
compassion of Jesus, give us hearts able to reach out to others and let us not
be bound by “rules.” Amen.
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