PRAYER PAUSE
Monday July 16, 2018, Our
Lady of Mount Carmel
A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “It is not peace I have come to bring but the
sword. For I have come to set a man
against his father, a daughter against her mother .” (Matthew 10:34-11:1)
Reflection. Jesus used shocking words
to help us realise the urgency of the moment.
The “kingdom” was now close at hand but it would not come without a
struggle. Its demands would often set a member of a family against his or her
own relatives as they sought to live the values of the kingdom. Jesus himself caused consternation in his own
family at the age of twelve and many a person since has fallen out with close
relatives over their choice of life. It is not only those who choose to live a “consecrated
life” – as we call it - but anyone trying to live the gospel, even the ten
commandments, will meet opposition within themselves and among those with whom they
live.
Prayer. Lord, help us to have courage
when we try to live the values of the kingdom and meet opposition from within
or from outside. Amen
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