THEY HEARD IT WITH DELIGHT

PRAYER MOMENT

Friday 5 June 2015, St Boniface

THEY HEARD IT WITH DELIGHT

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The Lord said to my Lord; sit at my right hand. … David calls him Lord, in what way then can he be his son?” And the great majority of people heard this with delight. (Mark 12:35-37)

Reflection. This passage has always puzzled me. At face value it seems to suggest the Father calling Jesus his Son and this would fit with the church’s later understanding of the Trinity. But is this what the people understood? If so, we could understand why it filled them with delight. But it seems strange that they could understand this during Jesus’ lifetime. Whatever the explanation we can focus on the delight. The people had some insight into who Jesus was – an insight that was not shared by the scribes. They were lifted for a moment beyond the ordinary and had some sort of glimpse of the One among them which hinted at who he was.

Prayer. Lord, thank you for the moments when you lift our hearts above the ordinary and give us even fleeting glimpses of Who you really are. Amen.

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