Hello.
Well, I hope I get this one correct. Yes, it is Monday of Holy Week.
Here we are opening another Holy Week. For us who are a little older than others, this is not our first rodeo as it is said. But regardless, of how many Holy Weeks we have walked through, we need to treat it as if it were our first. Yes, we have read and heard the Gospels and readings before, but we need to allow ourselves to clear our minds and hearts as if it were the first time. (I remember walking the Way of the Cross in Jerusalem when I was a student. A very moving experience.)
As someone wrote, “Monday of Holy Week is a call to remove the clutter of the world and make room for the Divine.”
We may hear the story of Jesus cleansing the Temple. This was done because the people saw it as a place to line their pockets with money rather that a place to worship God. Their stalls, money changing tables, and the selling of animals for sacrifice took over this sacred space. There was no room for God and the worship that this building was created for.
So, let this Monday of Holy Week be an opportunity to clear away what may be standing in the way for us to truly enter into these Holy Days, and experience the Love the Father.
As we look up Calvery Hill, at the cross this Holy Week, let us not forget to turn around and view the tomb which once held the body of Jesus, and from which Christ. the Promised One, will come forth in all His Glory.
Peace and All Good,
Fr. Vinnie, fcm and the
Bros and Srs of the
Franciscan House of Prayer.
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