HAPPY THE EYES THAT SEE WHAT YOU SEE!

PRAYER MOMENT                      

Saturday 4 October 2014, S Francis of Assisi.

HAPPY THE EYES THAT SEE WHAT YOU SEE!

Pause. Be still in God’s presence.

Reading: “Happy the eyes that see what you see, for I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see and never saw it; to hear what you hear and never heard it.?” (Luke 10:17-24)

Reflection. This is a moment when Jesus is filled with joy because the disciples are beginning to share his happiness. They have had a glimpse of what the ‘kingdom’ really means and have come back rejoicing. Francis of Assisi suddenly realised this and it changed his life. People of the past, Jesus says, longed to see this day when God would visit his people and make all things new. Now the disciples are the witnesses of the irruption of this kingdom coming into the world. Maybe it is hard for us to capture the freshness of this experience although we have all experienced ‘newness’ in one way or another. Some who are older remember the extraordinary events around the time of Pope John and the Vatican Council when huge changes took place. Or the moment of hope we had at the time of Zimbabwean Independence. “Many have wanted to see what you see.” These words of Jesus apply to us today, however tawdry our daily experience may often seem to be   

Prayer. Lord Jesus, teach us to rejoice with you in the new life that you have revealed to us.   Amen..  

David Harold-Barry SJ