PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday 16
March 2016
DESCENDED
FROM ABRAHAM
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “We
are descended from Abraham and we have never been slaves to anyone.” (John 8:31-42)
Reflection. Three times in today’s gospel the
Jews take refuge in their descent from Abraham as a way of avoiding facing the
question posed by Jesus’ presence among them. His words and his mission demand
too much of them. They are like the boy at the window on the first floor of a
burning house hesitating while his father below is holding out a blanket and
urging him to jump. “I can’t see you,” says the child. “But I can see you,”
says the father. Faith is like that and as the tension mounts the Jews cannot
make it.
Prayer. Lord, help us to embrace the Passion
in whatever way it touches our lives. Help us to recognise it and welcome it.
Amen
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