Zachariah, Chapter 9, verse 5-6
5Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;
Gaza too will be in great anguish; Ekron also, for its hope will wither. The
king will disappear from Gaza, Ashkelon will not be inhabited, 6
and the illegitimate will rule in
Ashdod.
Ashkelon
was a coastal city of the Philistines usually at war with Israel. What God is
saying to the Israel’s is that He has got their backs and is in the process of restoring
Israel. God’s mercy is so great that not only does he restore Israel but, God
the Father, eventually will restore all those who have Holy Fear. “The Son of
Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal
life.” (John 3:14-15)
Divine
Mercy Sunday’s bulletin states, “The fact that Jesus suffered for us means
that our suffering now has somewhere to go. Our pain, our battle with sin, our
struggle to truly believe in him, all of this can be laid within the wounds of
Christ and healed. When we carry our scars alone, they blind us. They
paralyze us. They prevent us from experiencing joy. But when we unite our own
wounds to those of Christ, when we allow ourselves to encounter the wounded but
glorified Christ, we are able to move beyond our own.[1]
Let
us this day say the prayer of Everyman[2]
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