WORK FOR FOOD THAT ENDURES

PRAYER PAUSE

Monday 16 April 2018

WORK FOR FOOD THAT ENDURES

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Do not work for food that cannot last, but work for food that endures to eternal life.” (John 6:22-29)

Reflection. As we enter the third Easter week our readings describe the growing divide between those who accept with joy the witness of the apostles and those who dislike the whole drift of their message from the beginning. And so the world has been divided ever since.  I have just read a long account of a lobbying firm in Washington and it makes grim reading.  The whole motivation seems to be about wielding influence and gaining money.  There is not a trace of the values of the Sermon on the Mount.  Our world is sharply divided and we really are in a struggle for the values of the kingdom.  In Easter we gather strength through our meditation and prayer to be faithful and true.

Prayer. Lord, give us the discernment to know your way in the midst of the contrary influences to which we are daily exposed. Amen