EXACTLY THE TIME

PRAYER PAUSE

Monday 27 March 2017

EXACTLY THE TIME

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The father realised this was exactly the time when Jesus had said, ‘Your son will live’; and he and all his house hold believed.” (John 4:43-54)

Reflection. As Lent moves to its climax, our readings become more pointed, more focused on the outcome of the mission of Jesus in the world, a mission that is unfolding today under our eyes. A civil servant in Herod’s court finds within himself the stretch of imagination to ask Jesus to cure his son. Jesus protests at this constant desire for immediate results but he grants the man’s desire. And then there is a jump of faith: the man believes simply on the word of Jesus. In Mathew’s version of a similar incident, “Jesus is astonished” and rejoices that people will come from the east and west, the north and the south and sit with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of Heaven.

Prayer. Lord, increase our faith in the coming of your kingdom. Amen.