Tuesday of Holy Week
John 13:21-33, 36-38
The pace is quickening:
“do quickly”
“at once”
“it was night”
“at once”
“now”
“not now”
“later”
“at cock crow”
There is tight choreography and dramatic detail. I find myself straining to hear the whispers
around the table. And then the
revelation of Judas…I can hear the soundtrack. Of the disciples only Judas is
clear…but in the dark. The missing
verses are the ones about loving one another.
Love will be their most important identifier. The “Love” verses wrap around the drama and the
confusion. They provide light…as if
through a crack in the floorboards. The “Love”
verses are the hope.
I suppose the lectionary wants this Tuesday of Holy Week
to be about setting the scene for what is to come…a dramatic build up?
Still…Love as I am loved.
That is the perennial reminder. It
will get me through my own “Peter-like” denials. It is the shape of glory.
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