PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday 23
December 2015
HE WILL
SUDDENLY ENTER
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The Lord you are seeking will
suddenly enter … (Malachi 3:1- 4)
Reflection. As in a symphony the earlier themes
are repeated in the grand finale. Here John the Baptist makes a final
appearance before the birth of the Lord. The two explicit texts – in Malachi
and Luke – are replayed and the emphasis is on both the suddenness of his
coming and the refining of his mission. To take the life of just one person –
Ignatius of Loyola – we see the suddenness of the Lord coming into his life in
the wound he received in battle and the long process of refining that followed
in his conversion and study. We welcome Jesus and realise that his “burden is
light” but it does change our lives and that can be painful.
Prayer. Lord, we rejoice with Zechariah and Elizabeth
and “all their neighbours” and long to welcome not only Jesus but all that he
calls us to. Amen.
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