PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 28 September, 2018
WHO
DO YOU SAY I AM?
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading ”But you,” Jesus asked his
disciples, “whom do you say I am?” (Luke 9:18-22)
Reflection. Yesterday we heard Herod
asking, “who is this Jesus I hear so much abour?” He was expecting an answer
which he could fit into his own comfortable frame of reference. Jesus must be some kind of prophet. But here
the disciples themselves have to answer the question and Peter speaks for
them: “You are the Christ (the Messiah)
of God” This answer was way beyond even
their own understanding. They did not know it then but they were naming one who
bridged heaven and earth and all the ages past and future: the alpha and the
omega. When Pedro Arrupe was asked by an interviewer “Who is Christ for you?”
He simply said “Everything.”
Prayer. Lord, give us a deep knowledge of
who you are and expand our hearts to love you and serve you in your brothers
and sisters, especially the poorest. Amen
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