THEY BOWED DOWN BEFORE HIM

PRAYER MOMENT  

Tuesday 4 August 2015, St Jean Marie Vianney

THEY BOWED DOWN BEFORE HIM

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The men in he boat bowed down before him and said, “Truly, you are the Son of God.” (Matthew 14:22-36)

Reflection. There are moments in the gospels where the divine bursts into people’s consciousness and this incident of Jesus walking on the water, and Peter going with him, is one of them. Today we remember the Curé d’Ars, Jean Marie Vianney, the parish priest of a small village in France in the nineteenth century, who would often spend fourteen hours in the confessional as people came to him from all over France and beyond. Holding these two reflections together we see “a touch of the divine” beaking into our lives and we want to breathe in that world . Jesus preferred the title of “Son of Man” but occasionally the people realise who he is – and the called him “Son of God.” Jean-Marie woke up many to this reality in post-revolution France.

Prayer. Lord, help us to perceive your presence in our lives; help us to notice the wonders of you intervention today. Amen

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