Tuesday, 30 December 2014

IN THE BEGINNING

PRAYER MOMENT 


Wednesday 31 December 2014


IN THE BEGINNING
             

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God and the Word was God, He was with God in the beginning.” (John 1:1-18)


Reflection. We do not read these words of John often now but there was a time when we read them at the end of every Mass. They express an astonishing grasp of who the early chuch believed Jesus of Nazareth to be. Christmas presents this year, at least in the UK, where I am on a visit, include books on the origin of the universe which bring home to us the amazing achievements of science in recent times. Gently we can hold these two together and wait to see where they lead us; the wonders revealed to us by a cascade of research and a faith that, in the words of Julian of Norwich, a mystic in the late fourteenth century, sees all that exists as the size of a hazel nut. We rejoice to live in a an age when both science and the believing community are becoming humbler as they realise the limits of their claims.


Prayer. Lord, we give thanks to you for all we have lived in 2014. With great hope we reach out to the the year that lies ahead. Amen.  
David Harold-Barry SJ











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