PRAYER MOMENT
Friday
11 April 2014
LET US DENOUNCE HIM
Pause. Be present
as the Jews “fetch stones to stone him.”
Reading: “Terror
from every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” (Jer. 20:10-13, John 10:31-42)
Reflection. If we
are looking for some respite from the heightening tension of the gospel
readings this week we will not get it today! Jeremiah sets the scene: one of
denunciation and terror. The Jews gather stones to stone Jesus. Jesus himself
simply insists on his message that he is “doing the Father’s work” and “the
Father is in me and I am in the Father.” If they cannot take his claim of
intimacy and identity with the Father at least “believe in the work I do.”
There is much interest these days in the trial of Oscar Pistorius. Is he or is
he not guilty? The ordinary people of Jesus’ time were asking, “Is he or is he
not the Messiah? Why are the authorities hounding him?” Jesus withdrew for the
moment to “the far side of the Jordan” and many came to him there and believed
in him
Prayer. Lord, help
us not to run away from your approaching passion. Our true life is contained
there. Lead us to draw life from walking with you in the coming days. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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