PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday
29 July 2015, St Martha
THE
ONE WHO WAS TO COME
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Yes, Lord,” Martha said, “I
believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God. The one who was to come nto
the world.” (John11:19-27)
Reflection. Martha lives in the shadow of
her sister Mary for whom she is a foil, one whose choice shows up that Mary had
chosen “the better part.” Yet Martha is the one who provokes the great response
from Jesus which is often read at funerals: “I am the resurrection. Anyone who
believes in me will never die.” Martha searches for consolation as she mourns
her brother, Lazarus, and she draws these challenging words from Jesus who asks
her if she believes. The Jews found it so hard to believe that he – the one who
shared our sorrows and bore our sufferings - was the one who was to come, that
he was the Messiah. But Martha did and so do we.
Prayer. Lord, help us to believe
that you are the “one who has come” to fulfil all our longings. Help us to turn
to you who raise our thoughts beyond what we see and experience.. Amen.
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