PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 21 May 2018
STRUCK
WITH AMAZEMENT
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “The moment they saw him the whole crowd were
struck with amazement and ran to greet him.” (Mark 9:14-29)
Reflection. As we re-emter “ordinary”
time we land in the middle of Mark’s gospel; Jesus has just come down from the mountain
where he was transfigured. We are told the people were amazed and attracted to
him. Many scholars believe Mark ended his gospel deliberately at verse 8 of chapter
16, meaning there is no resurrection appearance in Mark. There is simply the
statement, “you will see him in Galilee” and perhaps Mark wants us to see the
risen Lord in the midst of the “ordinary” life he led tramping rhe roads of
Galilee and Judea. Teilhard de Chardin suggests we change the name of the feast
of the ‘Epiphany’, the showing of the divine, to that of the ‘Diaphany’, the showing
through of the divine in all creation. Ignatius calls us to “find God in all
things.” When we see him in our daily
lives we too will be struck with amazement and run to greet him.
Prayer. Lord, help us to see you in
the people and events of our day and be amazed. Amen
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