WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?

PRAYER PAUSE

Friday 23 September 2016

WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Who do the crowds say that I am? … Who do you say that I am?” (Luke 9;18-22)

Reflection. The early creeds, especially the one drawn up at Nicea in 325, addressed this question. At some stage the Church had to articulate in words what she really understood about Jesus. Who was he? Each of us has to do that. When the disciples give their answer it is a preliminary one: “the Christ of God.” The Messiah! And who was he? Jesus fills out the description by immediately saying, “he is destined to suffer grievously.” This was no Judas Maccabeus driving out the foreigner. This was the suffering servant of Isaiah. And if we want to understand this we could begin by googling Oscar Wilde De Profundis.

Prayer. Lord, may we understand why you embraced the cross as part of your mission to save the world. Amen