Scripture/Bible: Click on “Passion reading/Palm Sunday” above
Reflection: It’s a long
reading and hence I have not included it here as it will cover up the whole of
this page and will dwarf the reflections. If one wants then one can read it by clicking
on the page above.
We
are into a celebration of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem; a last piece
of glory for him to enjoy from a crowd that receives him with joy. The celebrations are wonderful as they shout
before him welcoming the reign of David, in him.
The
more popular Jesus gets the more the jealousy, and the plan to have him killed
gets intensified.
It
is like enjoying the sweetness and soon follows the bitter moments of Jesus’
life.
In
fact at this moment we see the extreme in Jesus’ life; we see the ups and lows
of life; the sweet and the bitter moments of life. The sweetness we always like to enjoy but the
bitter is what is difficult to swallow.
When
everything is good and we enjoy good relationship with others and receive our
daily bread easily and the anxiety of another day is far removed from us then
we are happy and want to remain in that state.
But
no one wants to have a friend, only to be betrayed by them or a boss or a
parent who is partial or doesn’t seek to understand you and your particular problem
or a spouse who cares less for your minimum and basic needs. In the same way, the anxiety for the daily
bread or the fear of losing someone, the guilt of the daily struggle over frail
human weakness is too bitter to gulp down. These could be few of the many
bitter moments the human being goes through in life.
The
worst part is when we have to go through these ordeals all alone not knowing whom
to trust in the midst of a series of betrayals.
Jesus
in the midst of us is telling us that if God who has subjected us to such an ordeal
on account of our sins then he has also in his loving plan made a way through the
passion and death of Jesus to reach out to us in order to console us. Because through
his resurrection he lives on to be with us and we are never left alone.
Prayer: “Yea, thou dost light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.” Ps 18:28
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