Just Walking..

Ain't talking, just walking...--Bob Dylan

 

There comes a time when we have to look in the mirror and ask a simple question, "What are you doing?" It's almost funny, but it is the most important question we can ask oursleves. Jesus knew what He was doing. This is the Wednesday before Gethsemane. Tomorrow night Jesus institutes the Sacrament of the Eucharist! Tomorrow night John rests his head on the Holy human breast of God, and will peer into His beautiful eyes. Tomorrow night is when Judas dips his bread into the oil, and then leaves the others to betray Him. So much is coming in such a short time! When Jesus takes the bread, He will gives thanks. All of the disciples would have seen this done their entire lives every year during passover. But Jesus will say something after the blessing that will change everything forever, "This is My Body..". They will look at one another as if to say, "huh?". Then, after the meal, He will take the cup, pray the Jewish blessing they all know, and then say, "This is My Blood of the new covenant..", again they will wonder, "what is this?" In that moment, that will come tomorrow night, God will change the world forever. This is how He will be with us until the end! This is how He will feed our weary souls even 2000 years away, GLORY! So, when we look in the mirror this morning, and ask, "What are you doing?", let it be a moment of honesty. We know He is calling us to His Alter to eat His Body and drink His Blood, and to be about His business of carrying our cross and following Him. If we are not about His drama, let's be honest, and then ask Him to show us how to be so. He longs for us to do this, no matter how many times it takes.

 

wkm