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FRIDAY, February 4
Mark 9:2-13. Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves.
After the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury and the completion of many responsibilities, we traveled to a remote island on the northwest coast of Scotland. We were bound for Iona, a historic place of prayer and pilgrimage. In the sixth century, Saint Columba and twelve companions from Ireland arrived on Iona and founded a monastery.
Jesus led his friends “up a high mountain.” In the tradition of Jesus, the high mountain is a place of divine revelation. There is no high mountain on Iona, just the Hill of Angels where Columba is said to have prayed. My companion found solace among the ruins and flowers of an ancient convent. I walked the pilgrim paths and understood what is meant when Iona is spoken of as a “thin” place—a place where God’s glory shines through.
A hospital chaplain describes a sun lounge used for prayer with and for war veterans as a place “not only lit by the light of the sun but by God’s presence.” Jesus leads us to places where we experience glimpses of God’s glory and learn to listen to him.
PRAY for the Diocese of Madurai-Ramnad (South India)
Ps 69:1-23(24-30)31-38 * 73; Isaiah 56:1-8; Galatians 5:16-24
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