SEEING AND NOT SEEING

PRAYER MOMENT Wednesday 28 January 2015 SEEING AND NOT SEEING Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within. Reading: “To those who are outside everything comes in parables, so that they may see and see again but not perceive; hear and hear again and not understand.” (Mark 4:1-20) Reflection. Jesus has just told the parable of the sower which both hides and reveals the message of the reign of God. It hides it by speaking of a farmer going about his work and the different results he gets. One can simply get caught up in that everyday story and go no further. Our daily activities can be absorbing and leave us little appetite to penetrate their meaning. To rinse our eyes and open our ears is to come to understand God at work in all things. “He (is achieving) the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying.” (Hebrews 10:11-18). Prayer. Lord, give us the eyes to see you at work in every event of our day, the ears to hear your word in every sound. Amen. David Harold-Barry SJ