Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Holy Tuesday
Micah,
Chapter 6, verse 9-10:
Israel was the chosen people yet they
did not fear the Lord. God asks through the prophet a rhetorical question. Is
He to bear criminal hoarding and cheating during the sale of goods?
Christ tells us, “Stop judging
and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given
to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be
poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be
measured out to you.” (Luke 6:37-38)
This should be the model for our
heart. Today is Tuesday of Holy Week. Here
is an excerpt from my book Coffee with Christ on why Tuesdays are special and
how criminal hoarding is what prompted Judas’ betrayal.
I apologize to
Christ as I hand Him a cup of micro waved coffee. I tell him that I could not sleep last night
and that I got up in the middle of the night and could not go back to
sleep. He states that when that happens
it is a good time to pray. Pray and I
will be there with you. He mentions that
the coffee is good and he would have liked to have had a micro wave back in
Jerusalem. He also tells me that I
should try and make it to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel for a little “one on
one” time. He further reveals that
Tuesdays are always trying for Him; for it was the day that Judas went to the
Sanhedrin to betray Him[1] and
that it comforts Him when someone has a special devotion to him on that
day. He further states that I would grow
in grace if I was careful to observe and make a Novena to His Holy Face for the
nine days preceding Ash Wednesday ending the Novena on Shrove (day before Ash
Wednesday) Tuesday.
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