Monday, 21 May 2018

THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND


PRAYER PAUSE


Tuesday 22 May 2018


THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND


Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading:  He was instructing his disciples; “The Son of Man will be delivered  into the hands of men …” .But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to ask him.” (Mark 9:30-37)



Reflection. We are at the heart of the matter.  The “world” and what it believes has to be confronted.  The disciples were immersed in a way of thinking which was common to everybody: you look after yourself.  Jesus says; the only way to transform the world is to empty yourself – to go the opposite way and disrupt the world.  Instead of “saving” your life you give your life.  Instead of going with the flow you question the flow.  He goes on to question the “upwardly mobile” ambitions of the disciples and he puts children as their role models.  No wonder they did not understand! The question is: do we?    


Prayer. Lord, help us to have your mind; to approach each day with your eyes and heart; to try to confront the flow when it leads away from the light. Amen 




































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