Wednesday, 18 October 2017

A FURIOUS ATTACK

PRAYER PAUSE  


Thursday 19 October 2017, Jean de Brebeuf and companions, martyrs of America


A FURIOUS ATTACK


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “They began a furious attack on him and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions, setting traps to catch him out in something he might say.” (Luke 11:47-54)



Reflection. From time to time we have been in a group with someone whose personality seems to fill the whole room. All eyes and ears are on them. It was like that with Jesus. People recognised the power of this person. And the scribes and Pharisees knew that what he was saying challenged their whole comfortable way of living. Here was someone fearless and free – and they could not stand it. We pause for a moment in the presence of this person, realising who he is and what he has come to do. And we pray, for example – there are many others, for the people of Kenya as they come to a moment of decision: do we go along with the old ways or do we welcome the call for something new?


Prayer. Lord, help us to welcome the call you make to us to be free – free from all the habits and attitudes that trap us in the place of comfort we have made for ourselves. Amen.

































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