Holy Week. The
Gospel of Mark. 11-15
How about a different look at Holy week?
Look around your home especially for cast off items.
An empty jar? A
woman poured a jar of ointment over Jesus' head. Some were upset. Jesus said, "But you will not always
have me. She will be remembered for what
she has done."
A tree branch?
People threw leafy branches on the road before Jesus on the road to
Jerusalem. "Blessed is the one who
comes in the name of God!"
Bread? "Take
this. This is my body."
A plant? Jesus went to a garden to pray.
A feather?
"Peter you will deny me three time before the rooster crows
twice."
A wooden post? A
soldier, who was standing at the foot of the cross, said, "Truly this one
really was sent from God.!"
A rock? A large
rock was rolled across to seal the doorway of Jesus' tomb.
Zack Pine, a sculptor, takes things found in nature and
creates sculptures from things he collects. Critics call his work environmental art. Zack Pine likes to resurrect things that most
would simply discard and make something He doesn't expect the sculptures to last. In these dead things, there is new life,
which then changes again to something new.
It is the present reality- ourselves, our relationships, our world. It is Easter.
Look for the signs. They are everywhere to be found.
I wish all an especially happy and blessed Holy Week
leading us to Easter minds and hearts- in our lives.
