PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 16 February 2018
TO
LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “Is not this the sort of
fast that pleases me … to break unjust fetters and let the oppressed go free.”
(Isaiah 58:1-9)
Reflection. Lent sharpens and reminds
us of the enduring call of the follower of Jesus: to work for a better world
where those oppressed by illness, violence, being ignored, disability,
unemployment, war and misery of all sorts, find relief and hope. It costs us
something to engage in this work. It requires us to shift gear from our
cruising way of life. Fasting and giving alms (assistance) together with prayer
draw us into this engagement with suffering. Isaiah concludes: “Then will your
light shine like the dawn (there happens to be a particularly beautiful dawn
here in Lusaka this morning) and your wound be quickly healed over.”
Prayer. Lord, help us this Lent to
engage with the suffering of those close to us and bring what relief we can. Amen.
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