March 25, 2024
(Monday of Holy Week)
Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my Spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street. A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench, until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching. Is_42:1-7
The large crowd of the Jews found out that he (Jesus) was there and came, not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him. Jn 12:1-11
The utter and obvious contradiction of how the Scriptures (the Jewish Scriptures) depicted this “messiah,” this “suffering servant” of God, and how the Jewish leaders (the Scripture Scholars) behaved. Filled with jealousy, filled with hatred, they would even eliminate those whom Jesus cured, in order to stifle the obvious Truth of who Jesus was. And exactly as those same Scriptures prophesied, Jesus would not quench the smoldering wick, nor break the bruised reed even up to death, His own death on a cross. All done to teach us how a true disciple should act as well – always in and out of Love (even of our enemies)! And yes, beloved, we are among those bruised reeds too! Maybe it’s time to take up that second and third and hundredth chance that we’ve been given – to change!
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Whispers to the Wind 