Today’s Thoughts: As we enter this most holy of weeks my reflection today centers on a line in Matthew’s Passion, “But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary remained sitting there, facing the tomb,” (Mathew 27:61)
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary probably had many unanswered questions about the time they were in. Life had just changed drastically for them. They had lost a very important, special person in their lives. What was going to happen without Jesus? What will tomorrow bring? How were they going to continue to live on? Or maybe, they both had great faith. Perhaps they trusted in the words of Jesus that he would rise on the third day, and they were just going to sit there and wait. My guess their feelings and thoughts were somewhere in between. They believed but they were still a little unsure, concerned, hopeful but cautious, faithful but full of questions and a few doubts. Perhaps just the way we often feel as we live our life. Yes, I believe we are just like the Mary Magdalene and the other Mary as we live our journey of faith. Faithful, hopeful but uncertain and with a few doubts about the future. Perhaps as we begin this most holy of weeks, we have the opportunity like Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to sit and look at the tomb that life presents to us these days. We can question, wonder, doubt, hope and have faith in what lies ahead. Today, we are reminded of Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem of a wonderful, “Hosanna” filled day, which becomes the starting point for the central story of all the Gospels, Jesus’ Passion, Death and Resurrection. We reconnect ourselves to all those first gatherings of the Church as we listen to Matthew’s accounts of Palm Sunday and the Passion of our Lord. We remember the triumphant ride over the Mount of Olives into Jerusalem and the lonely walk to Calvary. We once again tell the story of triumphant, glory, hosanna, struggle, pain, sorrow, blessing, truth, giftedness, prayer and most importantly love. Like the early Church and all the centuries of Church that have gone before us, we are asked to remember, to believe, to have faith and to hope in the love of God as lived out by our Lord Jesus Christ. As we journey through this Holy Week, as hopefully we take the time to sit and look at the tomb that we will let “The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Truly Be Always in Our Hearts!” Have a holy and blessed Palm Sunday everyone!
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