Tuesday, 22 December 2015

HE WILL SUDDENLY ENTER

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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