+ On this Monday of Holy Week we
continue our reflective observance of the events of Jesus’ last week on earth! Isaiah reminds us in the first reading
that Jesus came to be a light for the
nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from
confinement, and from the dungeon those who live in darkness, this by being
a servant of God who was meek and humble, not crying out, not shouting, who was very sensitive to the needs
of all – who brings justice to the
nations.
In our world, in this day, in
this age, we need a powerful display of the Lord’s justice and truth,
compassion, mercy and love!
In the gospel passage – this suffering servant of the Lord, having
arrived triumphant in Jerusalem for the Passover, visits his dear friends
Martha, Mary and Lazarus. It was Mary here who prophesied the Lord’s upcoming death and burial by anointing his feet
with costly perfume. Judas reveals his true nature by complaining that this
was a waste of money that could be used
to feed the poor – but Jesus tells Judas to leave her alone because there will always be the poor, but there would
not always be Jesus present as he was then.
Let us continue then this
week, in our prayer and in our reading of scriptures - our own study of and
contemplation of the prophecies that were being fulfilled about Jesus the
Messiah, Jesus the Lord, Jesus the Savior of the world - remembering that ALL
HE DID, HE DID FOR US AND FOR OUR
SALVATION! – it was such a wondrous exchange, he (God) became one of us, so
that we could be, once again, most fully like him!
Hail
to you, King Jesus: you alone are compassionate with our faults!
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