Wednesday, 22 November 2017

BECAUSE HE WAS NEAR JERUSALEM

PRAYER PAUSE  


Wednesday 22 November 2017, St Cecilia


BECAUSE HE WAS NEAR JERUSALEM


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they imagined that the kingdom of God was going to show itself there and then.”  (Luke 19:11-28)



Reflection. For Luke Jerusalem is key. His gospel starts there and ends there. As early as chapter nine the focus is set towards the city. It was to be the place of Jesus’ manifestation and only Luke has all the Resurrection appearances in or near (Emmaus) Jerusalem. But the kingdom would not be revealed as people imagined it would. Jesus uses the image of a corrupt would-be ruler, and the cooperation of some of his cronies, to show that the time for action had come. ‘If people in politics and business are so engaged the “children of light” should be even more committed.’ But do we grasp the urgency of this?


Prayer. Lord, we know “the kingdom of God is among us.” Help us to lay our hand to the plough and engage in revealing that kingdom to all among whom we live. Amen.


































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