Jupiter at closest approach to earth; visible all night
Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9a
"The
Lord God has opened my ear, and I
was not rebellious, I turned not backward." Isaiah 50:5
Martin Luther described sin as a person's being "curved
in on itself", incurvatus
in se, concerned only with one's own needs, desires, one's own puny little
world. As Jesus approaches Jerusalem, where reaction to his world-upturning
teachings and life is building to a deathly confrontation, we see clearly how
absolutely faithful he is to his identity as the Compassionate One, open and
vulnerable to the world. He set his face "like a flint" (Is. 50:7)
and turned not backward. How simple it would have been to disappear into the
wilderness ravines east of the city. How difficult, to ignore the deep human
instinct toward self-preservation and to continue on the road, in spite of risk,
in spite of threat.
Merciful
God, may we never turn backward from our calling as people of your heart. Amen
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Eat no meat or oil today.
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