I HAVE COMMITTED MY CAUSE TO YOU

PRAYER MOMENT  

Saturday 5 April 2014

I HAVE COMMITTED MY CAUSE TO YOU

Pause. Be still before God.

Reading: “But you, Lord of hosts, who probe the loins and the heart, I have committed my cause to you.” (Jer. 11:18-20, John 7: 40-52)

Reflection. Jeremiah is aware of the plotting against him. “I am being led like a trustful lamb to the slaughter house.” He commits his cause to the Lord as he is unable to find a way out. There are so many forces surrounding and crushing him. So it is with Jesus in these days before Holy Week. Opposition is mounting. The people are arguing about where he comes from, not about what he says, what he does or who he is. The leaders are contemptuous, secure in their knowledge of the law. “This rabble knows nothing of the law – they are damned.” The one person who tentatively tries to speak up, Nicodemus, is quickly put down. “Don’t step out of line. Don’t question party policy.” We see ourselves somewhere in that squalid atmosphere of compromise. Jesus calls us to be witness to the truth as the man born blind does two chapters later.

Prayer. Lord, as you go to to your Passion, so many people are frightened and searching for ways out. Give us wisdom and courage to witness to the truth in our day. Amen.

David Harold-Barry SJ