PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday, 27 July 2017
THEY LOOK
WITHOUT SEEING
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The reason I talk to then in
parables is that they look without seeing and listen without hearing.” (Matthew
13:10-17)
Reflection. So there are two ways of looking, of
hearing. One is to read the text, see the pope on TV, glance at the paper. But then
immediately to place all that in a box called ‘religion’ – interesting, like
history or archeology, but just another subject which has no impact on my life.
I have enough tools to keep me going without adding religion to them. So I pass
on. The other way is open my door to the mystery, to let it flood my mind and
my heart and to soak in the world that is beyond understanding, beyond “grasping”,
beyond anything our modern imagination can come up with. It is something sacred
and so Jesus “hides” it from the superficially curious.
Prayer. Lord Jesus, teach us to reverence
the way you reveal yourself to us, sometimes in big bites, sometimes in little
nibbles, but always inviting. Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment