PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 2 May
2016, St Athanasius
BECAUSE THEY
HAVE NEVER KNOWN
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “They will do these things because
they have never known either the Father or myself.” (John 15:26-16:4)
Reflection. We spend years acquiring knowledge of
facts and processes. We think and we make judgements. We come to know people;
what entrances us and what repels. And then there is God. What is it to know
him? How did Athanasius come to insist on him despite being exiled from Alexandria
five times? It is a knowledge a person is willing to die for; a knowledge that
works its way into the fibre, a knowledge that becomes indistinguishable from
love. We are good people and we rush about. Perhaps we would be even better people
if we stopped awhile to seek this knowledge.
Prayer. Lord, may we know you so that we
come to love you and follow you.. Amen
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