PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday 16 May 2018
THEY
DO NOT BELONG
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “They do not belong to the world anymore than
I belong to the world.” (John 17:11-19)
Reflection. In his farewell to his
friends Jesus sums up his life and mission.
He has come to announce a new way of looking at the world. Today, since the Vatican Council, we look at “the
world” more positively than our ancestors in the faith, who viewed “the world” as the place opposed to God and
the source of all that leads us astray.
Today we welcome and affirm all the striving of humanity towards
progress and community. But we still
have to be sharp in our discerning.
There are still many values in the world over against the plan of
God. There is still so much that is the
exact opposite of what God wants for his people. Jesus speaks today of the one “who chose to
be lost”. In one way or another people
still chose ways of life that block their own true happiness and that of many
other people.
Prayer. Lord, help us to know the
values that “do not belong” to the way of working that brings your “joy to the
full” to your people. Amen
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