Happy Wednesday to everyone, I do hope that your week is moving along well. I'm sure it could move a bit faster for all you who have jobs to go to every day. But, just be thankful that you have a paying job to go to every day. We all have so many blessing within our lives, but it's sad, that we don't always recognize them as blessings. For example: the homes we live in, the food we have to eat, the families we've been blessed to have, our health, a paying job, the gift of life, and many, many more blessings.
Well, we are now in Easter week. Did you know that today, Wednesday, was the day that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus by colluding with the chief priests. The deal was struck with thirty pieces of silver. Also, did you know that Wednesday of Holy Week is also referred to as Spy Wednesday. That, of course, is because of what Judas did. Even back in the time of Christ, friends betrayed friends for a few coins.
Tomorrow is Holy Thursday, the day we remember Christ's Last Supper with His Apostles. Of course, the following day is Good Friday. I'm not sure why it's called, Good Friday, when it's the day that Jesus was beaten, whipped, hung on a cross and had a spear shoved into His heart and lungs, so that He'd die.
As I was praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy today, I was remembering that Mary stood at the foot of the cross Jesus was dying upon. As a Mom, I can't even begin to imagine how distraught she must have been during this time. She walked the path that her beloved Son, Jesus, took on His way to Calvary, where He was nailed to that cross and left to die. I can't even imagine myself at the foot of any my dying daughter's bed and I hope I never have to experience it.
Have you ever tried to put yourself in Jesus', Mary's or Joseph's place during the crucifixion of Jesus? I suppose that's not something that we do on a regular basis. But, this week is a special week, as it climaxes on Easter Sunday. But, the celebration of Jesus rising from the dead doesn't end there. It continues throughout the following week and climaxes, once again, the following Sunday, which is Divine Mercy Sunday.
If you truly want to be amazed, tune into the EWTN Television station around 11:00 am, on Divine Mercy Sunday. It is broadcast from Stockbridge, Mass. Thousands of people congregate there to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. The celebration is completely outside.
My husband and I watch it every year and we've seen thousands of folks, with children also, congregate in all kinds of weather: cold, snow and rain. It's one of the most moving experiences I've ever been a witness to.
I do wish each of you a blessed Easter. Please offer up some prayers on Easter Sunday, for the high school students who are fighting for their lives, not only here in the United States, but in other countries, also. I am so proud of them in fighting the NRA for better control of guns in every aspect. Yes, my husband is a hunter, but the laws these students are trying to get passed, will not affect him, or any other normal hunter, in any way. But, they can and will save our children's lives and perhaps our own.
May God bless you and your family and keep you all safe.
Susan
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