THE TIME HAS COME

PRAYER MOMENT (I have moved and am not sure of the regularity of power where I am now so this contribution may become intermittent at times).

Monday 13 January 2014

 THE TIME HAS COME

Pause. Imagine the place. Jesus goes to Galilee from the Jordan and announces the good news.

Reading. “The time has come,” he said, “and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Change your way of thinking and believe the good news.”  (Mark1:14-20)  

Reflection. Today is day one of week one of “ordinary time.” Advent and Christmas are finally over and we are back to the ordinary. Families are preparing for school. Industries (where they exist) are gearing up to full engagement. It is “ordinary time” but we know that it is charged with extraordinary meaning. It may be ordinary but it is “the time” – the moment when all will be changed because the kingdom, the reign, of God is breaking into the world. It is not dramatic and we do not always see it but it is happening every bit as much as seeds are growing in the ground.  Sometimes we look for excitement to have a break from ordinariness. But, at root, everything is changing.

Prayer. Lord, as we embrace the ordinary in our lives help us to know how charged it is with your presence, your Spirit creating a new world. May this lighten our step and give us true joy.  Amen.