Words of Light and Hope from Tony Hawes

Words of Light and Hope from Tony Hawes.

Who Is The Person Sitting Next to You? – Part 2.

Look around you brethren – look around you. Who is the person sitting next to you?

The person next to you has problems, and fears; wonders how he is doing, and often doesn’t feel very good about it – is often undecided and disorganised, and painfully close to chaos, but endowed with a great toughness in the face of adversity, able to survive the most unbelievable difficulties and persecutions. The person next to you is a whole colony of persons, persons met all during his lifetime. Really a community, in which still lives father and mother, friend and enemy. The person next to you has some things he can do well; some things she can do better than anyone else in the whole world; there is something his one life on earth means and cares for; but does she dare to speak of it to you? The person next to you can live with you, not just alongside; he can live not only for himself, but also for you; she can confront, encounter, understand you, if that is what you want; and in turn, he is to be understood also. The person next to you can never be fully understood; he is more than any description or explanation; she can never be fully controlled, nor should he be …

The person next to you is MYSTERY … AS THE WORD MADE FLESH IS MYSTERY … And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us …So brethren, look around you … For He is here.

Thanks be to God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.