PRAYER MOMENT
FILLED WITH AWE
Pause. Be still
for a moment.
Reading. “All
their neighbours were filled with awe.” (Luke 1:57-66)
Reflection. “Awesome”
is a word that is pushing its way into everyday use. Books, films and even a
performance in sport is describe as awesome. That is fine. But the word “awe”
used to be reserved for the transcendent, the beyond. Medieval churches sometimes
had these words over the door as you entered: “this is an awful place.” It is a
place full of awe and wonder. As we read of the events describing John the
Baptist’s birthday we are invited to ponder the sudden entrance of God into his
world “when the times had run their course.” (Eph 1:10)
Prayer. God, our
Father, you raised up John the Baptist to prepare your people for the coming
of the Messiah. Help us to welcome his
coming every moment. “Have you not heard his silent steps? He comes, comes,
ever comes. Every moment and every age, every day and every night he comes,
comes, ever comes. Many a song have I sung in many a mood of mind but all their
notes have always proclaimed, ‘He comes, comes, ever comes.’ (Tagore). Amen.
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