Thursday, April 02, 2015

Thursday

See Monday for instructions on lection divina

 Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?"   So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, "The Teacher asks, Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"  He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready.  Make preparations for us there."  So the disciples set out and went to the city and found everything as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal.

Alternative question for reflection:  those who carry water lead us to where Jesus wants to be.  How might this be a metaphor for the church, the congregation, your spiritual life?

Note:  the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke suggest the last supper was a Passover meal, but some contemporary scholars think it was an ordinary Jewish meal.

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