HE WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE

PRAYER MOMENT

Tuesday 19 November 2013

HE WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE

Pause.  Be still in the presence iof the Lord.

Reading. “He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd; so he ran a head and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way.”(Luke 19:1-19)

Reflection. Zacchaeus was curious. St Augustine used to praise curiosity as a great virtue. It was curiosity that got Vasco de Gama round the Cape. It is curiosity that leads to every step of human progress. When Jesus came to announce the reign of God his whole mission hung in the balance. Would people be curious? Would they be anxious to see, like the shepherds who rushed to Bethlehem? Or would they make excuses and continue in their own half life? The invitation of God looks for a response. Every scene of meeting in the gospel shows this. Jesus passes by, he stops at a well, he goes for a meal to someone’s house. Some people are curious. For others the seed has no roots. Jesus longs to share his life, his joy, but how do we respond?.   

Prayer. Lord Jesus, you come into our lives in so many way; you pass by our way. But sometimes my eyes are cloudy and I do not see. Arouse in me that desire to seek and find, to knock and enter. Amen.