NOW WE ARE GOING UP TO JERUSALEM

PRAYER PAUSE  

Wednesday 28 February 2018

NOW WE ARE GOING UP TO JERUSALEM

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man is about to be handed over.” (Matthew 20:17-28)

Reflection. What a painful contrast our gospel gives us! With a heavy heart Jesus announces his imminent suffering and death and all the disciples can do is compete for positons in his cabinet. It reads like a squalid tale but it is so real a mirror of what our media tells us. The daily papers in the country I live in are full of politicians vying with one another. There is little mention of the seemingly endless suffering of the ordinary people who struggle, day after day, to survive.

Prayer. Lord, help us to shift our thinking into another gear: give us all a heart of compassion for those who suffer. Amen.