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Ordinary Time (Second Section)Mobility, Connectivity and Accessible Travel Week 41 · Day 1

Scripture References

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Old Testament

Isaiah 43:16-21

¹⁶ The LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
¹⁷ who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
¹⁸ “Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.

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¹⁹ Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
²⁰ The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honour me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
²¹ the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.

New Testament

Ephesians 3:14-21

¹⁴ For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
¹⁵ from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
¹⁶ that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

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¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
¹⁸ may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,
¹⁹ and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
²⁰ Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
²¹ to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Thought for the Day

Isaiah remembers the Lord who made a way through the sea, and then says something even stranger: “Do not remember the former things.” Not because God’s past mercies are disposable, but because he is not finished. He is “doing a new thing”: making a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, giving drink to his people.

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Paul, in Ephesians, kneels and prays for an inner strengthening: that Christ may dwell in our hearts, that we may be rooted in love, and that we may be filled with “all the fullness of God.” Innovation, for Christians, begins there. Without love, ingenuity becomes vanity. Without inner strengthening, new tools become new temptations.

Mobility and connectivity can be mercies: the bus that comes, the signal that holds, the lift that works, the route that is safe, the app that is accessible. These are not trivial conveniences when they determine whether a neighbour can work, study, worship, or receive care.

Lord, give our public imagination holy inventiveness. Bless engineers, planners, designers, and local leaders. Make innovation neighbour-shaped and patient, not flashy and extractive. And do your new thing among us: pathways where there were barriers, and shared life where there was isolation.

Prayer Points

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Give wise, neighbour-shaped innovation in transport and connectivity, especially where access is fragile.
Bless engineers, planners, and decision-makers with integrity and long patience.
Protect communities from solutions that serve profit over people; cultivate designs that honour dignity.

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Provide reliable routes for those who depend on public services: the elderly, disabled, and the poor.
Root the Church in love, so our imagination for public life is generous and faithful.

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