Thus we begin Holy Week. This week is the most essential week to the life of a Catholic, a Christian, even for the World. Redemption comes for all of creation.
As we ponder the gospel today, I couldn't help but gravitate to the words of Isaiah, "You have given me a well trained tongue that I might speak to the weary a word that will rouse them."
..."to speak...a word...to rouse..."
I remember some years back when a cell phone company had an advertisement in which people would walk around with a phone attached to their ear trying to get reception with the constant issuing from their lips, "can you hear me now."
In the passion of Jesus we experience and proclaim on this Palm Sunday, God is saying, "Can you hear me now."
The word is spoken that is sent forth to rouse us from our slumber.
In the silence of Jesus as he sweats drops of blood falling to the ground in the garden, as he embraces the kiss of his betrayer, as he receives the condemnation and hears the words, "crucify", as he embraces the verdict and walks to calvary, as he climbs the cross and the nails pierce his flesh, as he breathes his last and death falls upon the world, as the burial clothe is wrapped around his still warm but lifeless body, he speaks a word that is meant to rouse us from our slumber...
It is time to wake...
In the words of Jesus to his apostles, "get up and pray..."
May we enter fully into this week and not let the word go by unheard, unheeded.
Can you hear him now.
Receive the word and be awaken to new life, new hope, new love.
The word is sent forth breathing love for those who have ears to hear.
1 comment:
What a beautiful post. Remembering why we have many of our holidays is so hard with the commercialism that has taken over. We need people like you to remind us why we celebrate. Thank you.
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