Tuesday, 12 July 2016

LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

PRAYER PAUSE


Wednesday 13 July 2016  


LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children.” (Matt 11:25-27)


Reflection. Half way through the gospel Matthew gives us this exclamation of Jesus. We so want to understand and explain – the Trinity, for instance. But Jesus doesn’t explain. He tells us to address God as ‘Father’. He describes himself as the one ‘sent’ to reveal God and his plan and that he and the Father are one. And he says the Spirit will ‘lead us into all truth.’ Full stop! The Trinity is for us to wonder and adore – not to understand. All we can say is there is a relationship in the Trinity, perhaps a creative tension. But we cannot probe. We are sure to try and make the Trinity in our own image, fit our own frames of reference. It is best to be silent.  

Prayer. Our Father, we rejoice that we know you, through Jesus. May your Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, lead us to you. Amen




































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