PRAYER MOMENT
Friday
2 January 2015
AMONG
YOU – UNKNOWN TO YOU
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “There stands among
you - unknown to you the one who is
coming after me; and I am unfit to undo his sandal-strap.” (John 1:19-28)
Reflection. Before Christmas we had
Matthew and Luke introducing Jesus to us. Now we have John’a version. Here both
John the Baptist and Jesus are already adults and the dominant theme is John
the Baptist’s withdrawal. Even his words diminish. To the threefold question of
the Pharisees he replies, ‘I am not the Christ.’ ‘I am not.’ ‘No.’ The Lord is ‘among us’ in this New Year
and always but he is often ‘unknown’ to us and our ‘whizzing’ society, as john
Bradburne used to call it. The challenge for us is to withdraw and allow God to
come forward into our space.
Prayer. Lord, help us to welcome
you into our life in this new year. Help us to go beyond the clutter and ‘know’
your presence. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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