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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