BORN OF GOD

PRAYER PAUSE

Thursday 21 June 2018, St Aloysius Gonzaga

BORN OF GOD

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading:  “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” (1 John 5:1-5)

Reflection. Aloysius endured ferocious opposition from his father to his plan to join the young Socirty of Jesus.  He died aged 23 after becoming infected while assisting victims of the plague in the early 1590s. What is so special about these two facts? Many others have endured as much and given their lives for others.  What is so special about Gonzaga? Well, I am not sure it can be put into words but there was clearly a passion in him for God and his whole life was bound up with this singleness of mind.  It appears to have possessed him from an early age and he gave everything to follow his dream.  It was noticed by his contemporaries and so the movement grew to have him specially honoured by the Church and he was named a patron for young people.   

Prayer. Lord, as we honour Aloysius, help us to have a singleness of mind each in our own way of following you. Amen