Sunday, 15 July 2018

A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER


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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