PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 5 January 2017
FROM
NAZARETH?
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “From Nazareth?” said Nathaniel, “Can
anything good come from that place?” (John 1:43-51)
Reflection. In a striking little scene
Nathaniel moves from scepticism and even hostility to awareness and enthusiasm.
What happened? His friend, Philip, tells him, “we have found the one we have
been waiting for.” Nathaniel thinks he is crazy. Philip patiently says, “Come
and see for yourself!” Nathaniel, doubtful, says “OK, no harm in that.” Then he
meets Jesus and a new world opens for him. We could call Nathaniel a model of
what the people of the East call ‘awareness’ or ‘enlightenment.’ He moves to
another level of consciousness. He is one of those in John’s gospel whose eyes
are opened, who come out of the dark into the light.
Prayer. Lord Jesus,
as we begin this year open our eyes to see the world around us with rinsed
eyes. Amen
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