PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 1 June 2018, St
Justin
HE
UPSET THE TABLES
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “He went into the temple and began driving out
those who were selling and buying there; he upset the table of the money changers…”
(Mark 11:11-26)
Reflection. In our part of central
Africa we only read about tsunamis, hurricanes and cyclones. They leave us alone but they totally disrupt
the lives of millions of people in coastal areas. Commercial life in the temple
in Jeusalem in the time of Jesus had become “normal”. Everone benefited from it.
Then Jesus comes like a whirlwind and
upsets eveything. Jesus disturbs us. Do we want to be disturbed? He announces a time of decision, of crisis. Do we welcome his intrusion? Contained in his message is a prominse of a
new life, a new world, a place of
justice and peace for all people. Do we want that? Of course we do. But we find it hard to welcome sudden
challenges to our normal way of doing things.
Prayer. Lord, help us to see
disruptions as sometimes containing a message for us. Amen
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