Sunday, 20 May 2018

STRUCK WITH AMAZEMENT


PRAYER PAUSE


Monday 21 May 2018


STRUCK WITH AMAZEMENT


Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading:  “The moment they saw him the whole crowd were struck with amazement and ran to greet him.” (Mark 9:14-29)



Reflection. As we re-emter “ordinary” time we land in the middle of Mark’s gospel; Jesus has just come down from the mountain where he was transfigured. We are told the people were amazed and attracted to him. Many scholars believe Mark ended his gospel deliberately at verse 8 of chapter 16, meaning there is no resurrection appearance in Mark. There is simply the statement, “you will see him in Galilee” and perhaps Mark wants us to see the risen Lord in the midst of the “ordinary” life he led tramping rhe roads of Galilee and Judea. Teilhard de Chardin suggests we change the name of the feast of the ‘Epiphany’, the showing of the divine, to that of the ‘Diaphany’, the showing through of the divine in all creation. Ignatius calls us to “find God in all things.”  When we see him in our daily lives we too will be struck with amazement and run to greet him.    


Prayer. Lord, help us to see you in the people and events of our day and be amazed. Amen 




































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