WHAT YOU SEE

PRAYER MOMENT   (This has not appeared for a few days. Apologies. I have been on the move.)

Tuesday 2 December 2014

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 heard and never heard it.” (Luke 10:21-24)

Reflection. We kick off Advent with this amazing reflection of Jesus. He tells his disciples “in private” that what they are experiencing has never been seen before in the history of the world. We have entered a new era. This is the time when God is being revealed and it will change things forever. They didn’t get it, of course, and they were - and are – not the only ones. But the process is happening in big ways and small. I link this even to little incidents yesterday at Jo’burg airport where a plethora of signs suddenly gave way to no signs at all. I was lost until a woman, a traveller like me, noticed my quandary and asked if she could help. She couldn’t. So she asked someone else. Then the two of them eventually pointed me in the right direction. A tiny incident of being aware of others! But let such things grow and grow and we will have a new heaven and a new earth.  

Prayer. Lord, as we enter Advent, teach us to wonder and keep our eyes open to everyone around us. In welcoming them we welcome you and we build a new world. Amen.  

David Harold-Barry SJ