God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home. ~Joseph Roux ~
Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to His Father (John 13:1).
We like celebrating great events and honoring special people with formal ceremonies. We like ceremonies where wreaths are placed at the foot of statues to honor those who died in wars. A mother's eyes are filled with tears of longing when she looks at a photograph of the son who never returned home from the war. A widow will wipe a tear from her eye when looking at the photo of the man she hoped to grow old with. These things can happen any time.
Jerusalem was packed with pilgrims who had come to celebrate Passover and to commemorate the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt some twelve or thirteen hundred years earlier. But behind the scenes, something much more sensational was happening. In a secluded room, Jesus was unobtrusively preparing for death.
He was preparing the disciples for the trauma awaiting them. He gathered them together in the upper room and certain sacred things took place. He spoke to them, shared a meal with them, washed their feet and prayed. Today, no one knows anything about the Passover that was celebrated that day - only about the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
It is good to celebrate the important Christian feasts, but it is even better to allow God to break through to you and speak to you in a moment of silence or during an ordinary, everyday event. He is not bound to the great festivities only - He can come to you any day and at any moment. He could be trying to get through to you today.
Holy Father, come to me now in the awe of this moment. Amen.
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