My Jesus, one of the
beautiful qualities the people admired in You was Your
strength in time of ridicule - Your ability to rise
above the occasion. But now, You fall a second time -
apparently conquered by the pain of the Cross. People
who judged You by appearances made a terrible mistake.
What looked like weakness was unparalleled strength!
I often judge by appearances and how wrong I am most of
the time. The world judges entirely by this fraudulent
method of discerning. It looks down upon those who
apparently have given their best and are now in need. It
judges the poor as failures, the sick as useless and the
aged as a burden. How wrong that kind of judgment is in
the light of your second fall! Your greatest moment was
Your weakest one. Your greatest triumph was in failure.
Your greatest act of love was in desolation. Your
greatest show of power was in that utter lack of
strength that threw You to the ground.
Weak and powerful Jesus, give me the grace to see beyond
what is visible and be more aware of Your Wisdom in the
midst of weakness. Give the aged, sick, handicapped,
retarded, deaf and blind the fruit of joy so they may
ever be aware of the Father's gift and the vast
difference between what the world sees and what the
Father sees that they may glory in their weakness so the
power of God may be manifest.
Amen
