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[03APRIL2012] Lent | Holy Week 2012: Day 42—Reflection and Meditation

“Lord hear me when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me! “Come,” my heart say, “seek God’s face!” Your face, Lord, do I seek.“

♦ Psalms 119:47

♦ Isaiah 53:5-7

♦ Mark 12:10-11, 29-31

Early in the morning I cry out to you, for in your word is my trust.

⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. ⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. ⁷ He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

The glorious, divine exchange; what an incredible mystery this is. This event, the murderous crucifixion…the death of God Almighty, is the medicine that heals my soul…converting my mortal and separated-from-God self to reunited-with-God and transforming me to immortality forever to live with my gracious and eternal King Jesus. I have been healed! It is for this reason that I find what I offer back to my God is no less than all my love…with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, and all my strength.