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Holy Week - 2010
By Pat Lee | March 29, 2010
Holy Week
We begin the holiest week of the Church Year. It is the holiest because during these upcoming days the climatic events of our salvation, namely the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, will once again be made present in the way the Church remembers those events.
Monday in Holy Week : March 29, 2010
Reading : John 12:1-11
Reflection: We seek the presence of Jesus. In our seeking we engage in activities such as personal prayer, scripture reading, acts of service, gathering with others in worship, sharing in the blessed bread and wine of the Eucharist and others. We are often able to experience the presence of Jesus in such activities, but there are times when we do not. Jesus is present but we do not experience his presence. Such moments of “absence” do not necessarily mean that we are doing anything wrong.
Today’s reading reminds us that the presence of Jesus is sometimes hidden from us. Although it is important to maintain our faith activities and especially important that we continue in personal prayer and communal worship, there is no guarantee that the “hidden presence” of Jesus will be made known through what we do. Jesus is not a genie in a bottle accessed through an incantation.
What is important is that we enter into our faith activities no matter how absent or dry they may seem to be at the time. Part of our faith is a willingness to allow Jesus to make his presence know to us in ways of his choosing. We do not have control over such revelation. It is, however, important to our faith that we continue to go to where he may be found.
Prayer: Father, through your Son Jesus, you reveal your presence with me. Help me to persevere in my attempts to experience his presence so that I may be open to finding him when his presence is revealed to me. I ask this in Jesus’ name.
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