We have a Bible Study on Tuesdays at 2 pm. Our attendees are both Anglo and Hispanic, and we read and study in both languages. Today we had a marvelous study, with discussion and study on Jesus' demand that a young man follow him instead of going to bury his father. I ended up having to get The Interprester's Bible out to try and find out the meaning of the scripture. It was a most enjoyable study.
WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK
Wednesday of Holy week: the Bible is silent. I am reminded of the marvelous novel SILENCE , by Shusaku Endo: a story from the 1600's in which a Catholic Priest, Fr. Rodriguez, is imprisoned in Medieveal Japan. His crime: claiming Christ. The thing which will allow his release: to deny Christ by trampling on an icon of Jesus; which, in the end, he does after years of crying out to Jesus to speak to him and tell him what to do, but Jesus is silent. Only after he curses Jesus, does Jesus speak to him and let him know that Jesus' mission is to bear our betrayals and sins. The silence of Jesus finally leads him to understanding and to faith. Mother Teresa's confessional letters to her confessor are collected in a little book called Come Be My Ligh t. Pope John Paul II allowed these letters to be published so people would know how much Mother suffered from the Silence of God. St. John of The Cross titled these dark moments when God is silent: when God seems remote,
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