+ 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 overly sensitive to the needs of all – who brings justice to the nations.
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!
Hail
to you, King Jesus: you alone are compassionate with our faults!
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