Wednesday March 31 Wednesday in Holy Week
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Psalm 55
I am terrified at what is happening. The city is full of corruption and my dear familiar friend has betrayed me. I will not cease imploring God to intervene and put things right.
Appropriate for Holy Week when Jesus is about to be betrayed by his closest friends.
Jeremiah 17: 5-17
In this more poetic and reflective section of the text, Jeremiah explores images of those who do or do not trust in God’s justice and commits himself to remaining faithful to God’s faithfulness.
John 12: 27-36
Having just spoken to the Greeks about the necessity of his sacrificial suffering, Jesus now speaks of his reluctance to be crucified, but insists that is the entire purpose of his life, as such love is to be the entire purpose of ours. The voice which affirms Jesus’ commitment is saying that such love comes from the mystery underlying all creation. Many do still not understand how it can be that the one who is the image of God must die in order to love. This remains a difficult thing for us to understand and practice until we are enabled to see clearly on Easter morning.
This week’s collect:
Lord God,
your Son our Saviour gave his body to be whipped
and turned his face for men to spit upon.
Give your servants grace to accept suffering for his sake,
confident of the glory that will be revealed,
through Jesus Christ our Lord
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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