NIGHT HAD FALLEN

PRAYER PAUSE

Tuesday of Holy Week, 27 March 2018

NIGHT HAD FALLEN

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out.  Night had fallen.” (John 13:21…38)

Reflection. In the Servant Song today (Isaiah 49:1-6) we read  “I will make you the light of the nations.” But then in the gospel, as Jesus comes to the climax of his revelation to Israel, Judas betreays him and Peter is about to deny him.  We are reminded that it is in the midst of betrayal and denial, even today, that God does his work.  It is in weakness that Paul discovers his strength and in the recent film, Silence, the Japanese Kachijiro denies his faith repeadedly but ends up – in his weakness – as a Christ-like figure.  God achieves his purpose in the midst of weakness.  There is so much happening beneath the surface that we do not grasp.

 

Prayer. Lord, you are at work, even in the “night”.   Teach us in this Holy Week to discern your ways in our own lives and of those around us. Amen