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[Jesus speaking] A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:34-35
I’m embarrassed to admit it, but this year I’ve been thinking of Holy Week less in terms of the passion of Jesus Christ and more in terms of “spring break.”
It’s not that I’ve got any spectacular vacation plans. It’s just that my children and I will be off from school (I’m a teacher), the days will grow longer and warmer, and the bulbs I planted in the garden last year will poke their green leaves out of the earth and blossom to the sun.
So I’m approaching Holy Week feeling unprepared, and not just because I have no idea what I’m going to make for Easter dinner... I’m soul-weary after months of winter and darkness and stress.
But perhaps this isn’t such a bad way to enter Holy Week – tired and unprepared, hungry for a new beginning, eager for the light to shine in the darkness. Even if, like me, you feel you haven’t quite lived into the penitential season of Lent, it’s not too late to begin walking toward resurrection morning.
PRAYER:
John 13:34-35
I’m embarrassed to admit it, but this year I’ve been thinking of Holy Week less in terms of the passion of Jesus Christ and more in terms of “spring break.”
It’s not that I’ve got any spectacular vacation plans. It’s just that my children and I will be off from school (I’m a teacher), the days will grow longer and warmer, and the bulbs I planted in the garden last year will poke their green leaves out of the earth and blossom to the sun.
So I’m approaching Holy Week feeling unprepared, and not just because I have no idea what I’m going to make for Easter dinner... I’m soul-weary after months of winter and darkness and stress.
But perhaps this isn’t such a bad way to enter Holy Week – tired and unprepared, hungry for a new beginning, eager for the light to shine in the darkness. Even if, like me, you feel you haven’t quite lived into the penitential season of Lent, it’s not too late to begin walking toward resurrection morning.
PRAYER:
Lord God,
You sent Your Son into the world, And before His hour had come, He washed His disciples’ feet. You had given all things into His hands. He had come from You, and was going to You, And what did He do? He knelt down on the floor and washed His friends’ feet. He was their teacher and their Lord, yet He washed their feet.
You sent Your Son into the world, And before His hour had come, He washed His disciples’ feet. You had given all things into His hands. He had come from You, and was going to You, And what did He do? He knelt down on the floor and washed His friends’ feet. He was their teacher and their Lord, yet He washed their feet.
Lord God, help us learn from His example; Help us to do as He has done for us. The world will know we are His disciples If we love one another. Strengthen our hands and our wills for love and for service. Keep before our eyes the image of Your Son, Who, being God, became a Servant for our sake. All glory be to Him who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever. Amen.
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