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Lent 38: Friday of Fifth Week

Look: see the woman with her oil and hair; see His feet (they’re not yet scarred); see the gasp upon your face; see His searching eyes. Listen: He spoke to you of the Son of Man; He spoke of death and burial; He spoke of Passover, exodus; He spoke; you did not hear. Learn: HeContinue reading “Lent 38: Friday of Fifth Week”

Lent 37: Thursday of Fifth Week

  Look, the shepherd separates: sheep from goats He divides, bone and marrow He prises open, hearts’ deep secrets He dissects.   Look, the true ones walk through streets and feed the poor. The children give their food to dogs, the princes clothe the naked…   Look; deep inside, now look. Secret acts reveal ourContinue reading “Lent 37: Thursday of Fifth Week”

Lent 36: Wednesday of Fifth Week

  And it will reveal who has taken talents, hid them in the frugal field, who has sown what has been given and let small things grow.   And it will reveal the hearts of those who plant and reap, the hearts of servants great and small, the motives of the heart’s dark countries. TheContinue reading “Lent 36: Wednesday of Fifth Week”

Lent 35: Tuesday of Fifth Week

Wait, and serve. The household needs food and the garden needs pruning; the vineyard needs tending, the truth must be stored. Serve, and trust. The master, though absent, both sees and will honour your everyday efforts in deed and in heart. Trust, and fear. He won’t be long coming though days seem to pass. TheContinue reading “Lent 35: Tuesday of Fifth Week”

Lent 32: Saturday of Fourth Week

Some will say: Had we been alive then, we would not have killed the prophets or despised their words. Yet the Truth stands to rebuke.   In every heart, the secret depths defy what shines with grace before us, takes, destroys, the tender things and carves a throne from bones.   Jerusalem, Jerusalem: the fireContinue reading “Lent 32: Saturday of Fourth Week”

Lent 31: Friday of Fourth Week

And there is feasting! The slaves go out to call the guests: Come, come, to the wedding feast of the Son! The guests hold back. They have fields to examine, work to do, slaves to maim and kill… Villages burn, opportunities lost. The calls goes out to all who’d hear: Bring in the beggars andContinue reading “Lent 31: Friday of Fourth Week”

Lent 30: Thursday of Fourth Week

Look, the son comes; the farmers steam at the sight. The vineyard is theirs! He has no place. Stone the son; kill the heir. The vineyard is red with blood.   Look, the Son comes; the farmers quake at the sight. Rejected, now the cornerstone: the vineyard’s his. He takes His place. The blood-red SonContinue reading “Lent 30: Thursday of Fourth Week”

Lent 29: Wednesday of Fourth Week

The blind, the lame, are let inside; the cursed now are blessed. The king in triumph rides upon a humble donkey’s colt.   The temple tables overturned, the mind thrown into chaos, prophecies are rendered true in ways that chill our hearts.   The unexpected king burns bright with anger at the sham. He knowsContinue reading “Lent 29: Wednesday of Fourth Week”

Lent 28: Tuesday of Fourth Week

And what is this that we now hear? The workers who arrived too late – the lazy, the beggars, the weak, the lame – have won the Master’s favour and have earned equal pay. What is this that he proclaims, this carpenter with hands of dust? The children step aside while dogs who surely areContinue reading “Lent 28: Tuesday of Fourth Week”