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A meditation in John’s Gospel, chapter 1, verses 35-39, using Imaginative Contemplation.

In this meditation we meet Andrew (the brother of Simon Peter) who is not yet a disciple of Jesus, but at this stage in the story, is a disciple of John the Baptist.

Andrew is standing with John (likely at the Jordan River, where he has been baptising, and preaching his message about the one who comes after him), when Jesus walks by.

And so the first encounter, the first dialogue with Jesus in John’s Gospel unfolds.

“What are you looking for?”

“Rabbi, where are you staying?”

“Come and see”

For me this exchange holds both the soul-searchingly deep and the very ordinary, physical stuff of our everyday lives, a pairing that holds the essence of incarnation.

I hope this encounter will reveal something new to you as you pray with it. I’d love to know what you hear in it for you today.

Blessings, always, dear ones.

Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.

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All music by Pete Hatch.