Daily Prayer
October 26th, 2010
"God our protector, keep us in mind, always give strength to your people. For if we can be with you even one day, it is better than a thousand without you"
Psalm 84
(Luke 13.18-21) Jesus said ”What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden, it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.” And again Jesus said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”
In this passage of Luke opposition to Jesus continues. The follower of Jesus will always face strong opposition. Jesus’ life symbolised the Kingdom of God. He suffered opposition because he always accepted the poor and the down cast of society. His life was very contrary to the religious leaders’ thinking.
Prayer
Lord may our lives be like Jesus’ love, and compassion for the poor and the needy. Amen.
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Just a Thought
Hope
John XXIII, referred to as the ‘caretaker Pope’, realising the widening gap between the Church and the world of his day, wrote: “An old world is disappearing. Another one is being formed, and with this I am trying to conceal some good seed or other that will have its springtime, even if it is somewhat delayed, and comes after I’m dead.”
Thomas Merton writes: “One must not give in to defeatism and despair: just as one must hope for life in a mortal illness which has been declared incurable.”
Even when dark clouds surround us, even when everything appears to be falling apart, we must continue to believe for a better future. Whatever the problem, there is a way forward.
So, my hope is in God alone because I believe in him; this is my faith. It is in him I put my faith and that faith, my belief in God’s love for me and all his creation, is the bedrock in which like an anchor, I put my hope. Together with that hope and faith is my love and fidelity in responding to that God in whom I live and move and have my being. In him I place my hope.
“Hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul” (Heb 6:15-19).
