NOW HAS THE SON OF MAN BEEN GLORIFIED

PRAYER MOMENT             

Tuesday 15 April 2014

NOW HAS THE SON OF MAN BEEN GLORIFIED

Pause. Be still in the presence of Jesus as he approaches his Passion

Reading: “Now has the Son of Man  been glorified, and in him God has been glorified.” (Is 49:1-6,  John 13:21-38)

Reflection. What is glory? We use it to describe victory in sport and in other contexts. It conveys the idea of a great feeling when you achieve your goal. Yet it probably jars with us when Jesus uses the word at the very moment when he is betrayed by Judas. He calls the moment of his greatest humiliation “glory.” And in the reading from Isaiah: “You are my servant in whom I shall be glorified.” The “glory” of God is in a person triumphing over evil in their life; it is seen in a person facing the challenges he or she meets and determinedly working through them. This is what Jesus did in his Passion. Overcoming the evil one was the greatest challenge in history. Jesus faced it and he triumphed. He calls us to share in his struggle and his glory..   

Prayer. Lord, now you are entering the great struggle with evil for us. It is the moment of your glory and ours. Help us to share in your cross and your glory. Amen.

David Harold-Barry SJ