PRAYER MOMENT Wednesday 7 January 2015 THEIR MINDS WERE CLOSED Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within. Reading: “They were utterly and completely dumbfounded, because they had not seen what the miracle of the loaves meant; their minds were closed.” (Mark 6:45-52) Reflection. Gerry Hughes, who died aged 90 just before Christmas, was an author and spiritual guide and in the book I am reaing, God where are you?, he says more than once, ‘it took me twenty years to understand the meaning of this.’ He was referring to one or other insight he picked up along the way. The disciples too took ages to grasp who Jesus was and what he was doing. ‘They were utterly dumfounded’ were the exact word that Luke uses of them after the resurrection. The great thing is we do have the time to understand but we do need to keep hammering at the door so that our minds are opened. Prayer. Lord, let us not be satisfied with easy answers and ways; help us to ponder in our hearts the mysteries revealed in the scriptures and come to a deeper knowledge of you. Amen. David Harold-Barry SJ