PRAYER PAUSE (apologies for no post yesterday)
Wednesday 21 March 2018
SENT
BY GOD
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “Yes, I have come from him;
not that I came because I chose, no, I was sent, and by him.” (John8:31-42)
Reflection. This is the crucial
statement and the sticking point for “the Jews.” They did not believe that
Jesus of Nazareth was the promisd Messiah.
And they certainly did not believe he was the incarnate Son of God. John, the evangelist, is emphasising that
Jesus is God who has become flesh to dwell among us for a time to show us the
way and fulfil the plan of God. John develops this message by emphasising the
sharp contrast between this message and the reception of the Jews. There is a
huge divide, a gulf. And that gulf runs through our world today between those
who try, consciously or unconsciously, to follow the way and those who are set
on their own contrary agenda.
Prayer. Lord, heighten within us
during this coming Holy Week the sense of your presence among us sthrenghtening
and guiding us along the way. Amen
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