PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 9 November 2017, St
John Lateran in Rome
THE
SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU
Pause. Enter into the stillness
of God within.
Reading: “Didn’t you realise that you
were God’s temple and that the Spirit of God was living in you?” (1 Cor. 3:9-17)
Reflection. Why do we suddenly celebrate
the consecration of a church built on the Lateran Hill in Rome in 320? Well,
the Church has a long memory and that was the time she was emerging from
persecution and this was the first great church built. It was the pope’s
church. The Romans flocked there to celebrate Holy Week and through the ages to
today the pope celebrates Holy Thursday there. We remember it because it is a
symbol of our unity. Further, it was a holy place, like the old temple in
Jerusalem where God “lived among” his people. At the same time it is inadequate
to express the new reality of God’s presence. God dwells within each baptised
person and indeed in those whose lives show that they are servants of Christ’s
mission even if they do not formerly acknowledge it by seeking baptism.
Prayer.
Lord, we celebrte your presence among us. You live in our hearts. May we
rejoice in this and so live that our light may shine and draw others to you. Amen.
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