PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 5 January 2018
YOU
WILL SEE GREATER THINGS
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: Jesus said to Nathaniel, “You
will see greater things than that. I tell you, you will see heaven laid open ….”
(John 1:41-51)
Reflection. Fr Ted Rogers, who died on
30 December, was torpedoed off the coast of West Africa in World War II. The
experience turned his thoughts towards a religious vocation and opened the way
for his amazing imagination to do “greater things”. He founded a community
school for poorer children, the School of Social Work, the Christian Aid
initiative for the rehabilitation of returning exiles after the liberation war,
the Jesuit AIDS network, Shelter Trust for single mothers and the Educational
Trust for Orphans. His bubbling energy had no bounds and he “laid heaven open”
for countless people. Nathaniel was astonished by Jesus and his promises. The
same promises of abundant life are there before us today. We have only to grasp
them.
Prayer. Lord, help us to grasp the
opportunities you open up for us each day. Amen
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