PRAYER MOMENT (
A little late today. Apologies!)
Wednesday
9 April 2014
NOTHING I SAY HAS PENETRATED INTO YOU
Pause. Be still in
the presence of God
Reading: “You
want to kill me because nothing I say has penetrated into you.’” (John 8:31-42)
Reflection. As we
approach Holy Week the confrontation is being ratcheted up. The opponents of
Jesus, simply called “the Jews”, had called on Moses as their witness but Jesus
had told them that, “He spoke of me.” Now they go back to Abraham but Jesus
will tell them, “He longed to see my day.” The truth is they simply don’t want
to look at the evidence. Their mind is made up. “Nothing I say has penetrated
into you.” If they could just look at the facts, if they could allow their
minds for one minute to allow their questions to come to the surface, they
would see the truth, and “the truth will make you free.” How often we have seen
this happen! A husband sees his wife in a new light and rejoices. A person sees
his own compulsions and “makes friends with them.” He is no longer enslaved by
them. He or she is free.
Prayer. Lord, as
we watch and pray in these days of your great rejection, help us to be open to
the truth about ourselves, our relationships, compulsions and everything that is
“disordered” in our lives. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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