HE WHO COMES FROM HEAVEN

PRAYER PAUSE

Thursday 12 April 2018

HE WHO COMES FROM HEAVEN

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “He who comes from heaven bears witness to the things he has seen and heard, even if his testimony is not accepted.” (John 3:31-36)

Reflection. As we journey through the Easter season, accompanied by John and Acts, we are gripped by one idea: breakthrough! “Oh, that you would break through the heavens and come down!”  We read this desire in Isaiah in Advent. Well, he has come! He has broken through, not just the heavens, but the human limitations we daily experience in our struggle with prejudice and indifference, with cruelty and the absence of compassion.  He has broken through sin and death.  Our Easter journey is our engagement with this reality, our desire to make our own the victory of Jesus.  It is not something we can acquire by our own efforts . We receive it as a gift.   What we are called to is to open our hearts to receive this gift as the people in Acts try to do - though many, as in today’s reading (5:27-33), refuse the gift.

Prayer. Lord, in this Eastertide we long to open our hearts to accept the reality of the divine life you offer.  Help us clear the debris in our hearts that prevents us reciving your gift. Amen