PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 24 May 2018
CUT
IT OFF
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “And if your hand should cause you to sin, cut
it off.” (Mark 9:41-50)
Reflection. Language does not get more
shocking and unsettling than this. Jesus
uses a graphic image to point to the urgency of the moment. This passage is full of violent metaphors to
tell his hearers the time for action has come.
They must choose. A world isssue
today is climate change. We have to
choose. If we don’t, catastrophe is
round the corner. Jesus says this
urgency affects everything – global issues and our personal lives. If a relationship is not good or an
attachment to some scheme is blocking us or a habit we have is destroying us
- cut it out. Get rid of it. Jesus announces the kingdom of God has come.
Time has run out. We can no longer “wait
and see”. We have to act.
Prayer. Lord, give us the light to
see what we must do. Help us to change
what we can. Give us patience to accept
what we cannot change. Amen
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