As I was preparing for the Holy Thursday Session, I was looking for a video on the last supper, and I found this ad on Youtube
While it looked interesting at first, but the tagline "3G - Changing the course of history" just doesn't make sense, for us Catholics at least. As if Jesus finding out about Judas' betrayal would have changed anything. Because Jesus knew, with or without 3G technology, He Knew what was to happen and who it was that was going to betray him. That was one thing that struck me in yesterday's Gospel reading
For he knew who would betray him; for this reason, he said, "Not all of you are clean." (Jn 13:11)And despite this knowledge Jesus continued to do what he had to do, is something that has been coming to me this Holy Week, from Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, which the people saw as political freedom, yet Jesus knew what lay ahead, to the betrayal and the agony in the garden. Each and every action and decision Jesus made, was with the passion and death in mind. And yet he still carried on. We all know the dread we feel in our hearts when we know something bad is coming. And we do all we can to siam. But here Jesus shows us the courage, faith, obedience, total surrender and self-giving, which we are called to emulate in following the will of God. So difficult.
To end on a lighter note, I much prefer this humourous interpretation of the last supper, which shows Jesus really knew what was to come.
Going for the 3pm Good Friday Service now. Hope it storms, or at least the sky will darken.
2 comments:
well Jesus had his humanly side of him too... at the Garden of Gethsmane, he did ask the Father to pass this cup by without his drinking... but his next few words are probably what we all consider important and vital in our lives,
"Not my will, but yours be done..."
Hello Br Terence, I hope the community got my Easter card. But in case you didn't Happy Easter!
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