YOU DO NOT KNOW HIM

PRAYER MOMENT

Friday 11 March 2016   

YOU DO NOT KNOW HIM

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “There is one who sent me and I really come from him, and you do not know him, but I know him and it was he who sent me.” (John 7:1…30)

Reflection. The Jews earlier had said, “we all know where he comes from” and they were thinking of Galilee. They had him sorted out in their own minds. But John writes on two levels. They have no idea where he really comes from. We continue to “sort out” Jesus and God in that we think we know him. But John is all the time pointing us beyond, to the mystery. There is a gap. And there is a gap in our world between the rich and poor, the haves and the have nots, the comfortable and the migrants who have only the clothes on their back. It is the same gap and we are not much better than the Jews at bridging it. 

Prayer. Lord, do not allow us to be settled and comfortable while our sisters and brothers suffer. Give us hearts to reach out to others. Amen.