PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday 23 May 2018
ONE
OF US
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “We saw a man who is not one of us casting out
devils in your name and we tried to stop him.” But Jesus said, “you must not
stop him.” (Mark 9:30-40)
Reflection. The good news is we are
slowly beginning to take Jesus’ words seriously. We are moving from seeing
others as “one of us” in an exclusive sense – one of our group to the exclusion
of others - our nation, church, etc – to “one
of us” in the inclusive sense of part of the human family. In our Churches we
are moving together in understanding what we have in common – not what divides
us – and in political life we struggle to build bridges though it is still a
slow process. The divide is gradually becoming what it should be: between what
is evil and what is good. That is the
only thing that divides us across the differences of culture, tribe and religion.
Prayer. Lord, help us to welcome everyword
and gesture hat builds up the human family nd brings us closer. Amen
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