Thursday 8 June 2017

HEARD THIS WITH DELIGHT

PRAYER PAUSE        


Friday, 9 June 2017


HEARD THIS WITH DELIGHT


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “The great majoriy of the people heard his with delight.” (Mark 12:35-37).  



Reflection. It is a bit enigmatic what it was that filled the people with delight. Jesus had simply quoted psalm 110, “The Lord said to my Lord, ‘sit at my right.’” It struck a chord with the people: some inchohate sense they had from their long tradituion - that the Messiah would come from God and would be somehow one with God. The people were delighted because “one of us” is seated on the throne of God. It stretched their imagination and their yearning and made them somehow feel they were part of the household of God. Their daily trials fell away in comparison and they were delighted.


Prayer. Lord, may we live in delight as we grasp your cloeness to usyou’re your desire to fill the mpty spaces inour lives with your life and love. Amen






























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