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Frail pots of clay

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 19th September 2019     Meditations for the Feast of St Matthew. 2 Cor 4:1-6 Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practise cunning or to falsify God’s word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.   But we have this treasure in clay j...
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St Peter and St Paul

Sts Peter and Paul Can we empathise with Peter in his miraculous release from prison?   Is that not exactly what we’re feeling at the moment? Freedom, release!   And so many of us are grasping at it just as Peter does. What extraordinary, powerful accounts; Peter in chains and visited by an angel; freedom and he doesn’t wait  to be asked twice.   He’s off right away. How like St Peter; bold, impetuous, grasping at the moment, flees.   And again, when Jesus asks, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ he’s straight in there; “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Do we have an answer ready if anyone was to ask us who Jesus is to us? Years and years ago, some evangelists came to my front door; I don’t know who was more nervous, them or me!   Three questions – the last one; “If you were to die tonight, and you found yourself standing before God, and she asked you how you answered for your life, what would you say?” “I have no defence,...
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