Jesus,
In Israel then,
servants had to serve their masters
but they had the right not to wash other’s feet,
even their masters’.
But you washed other’s feet
and washed your own disciples’ feet.
You acted as a servant.
Oh no, your act was lowlier than a servant’s act. Continue reading Prayer 240
Jesus,
In Israel then,
the Jews saw tax collectors as betrayers
who betrayed their country.
No one made friend with them.
But you made friend with them. Continue reading Prayer 239
Jesus,
You said,
“I am the vine; you are the branches.
If you remain in me and I in you,
you will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.”*
Perhaps the grapevine was important in Israel then, Continue reading Prayer 238
Jesus,
When a teacher of the law came to you and said,
“Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
You replied,
“Foxes have dens and birds have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”(1)
What did you mean? Continue reading Prayer 237
Jesus,
I’m thinking about your act –
the washing of the disciples’ feet.*
You chose the lowliest in Jewish society at that time:
that was the washing the others’ feet
and the washing the feet of your own disciples. Continue reading Prayer 236
Giêsu ơi,
Em dâng Chúa ngày hôm nay.
Thành công và thất bại.
Hạnh phúc và mệt mỏi.
Lúc tốt và lúc tệ.
Em dâng Chúa tất cả.
Jesus,
You said,
“I am the way…
No one comes to the Father except through me.”*
‘Cause You and Father are one,
no one comes to You except through You. Continue reading Prayer 234
Jesus,
The first file about you that I read
perhaps was The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
This novel made me like you
’cause it told me about you – a person,
not God.
The man had a wife and a daughter,
and their descendants are still living today. Continue reading Prayer 233
Jesus,
Mary Magdalene anointed your feet
and wiped them with her hair.*
So, that was Mary’s way of washing your feet?
And she washed your feet in a luxurious way
(using a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard), Continue reading Prayer 232
Jesus,
Do you remember?
You said,
“Come to me,
…and I will give you rest,
…and you will find rest for your souls.”
Please lead me to you,
and give me rest
in your meek and lowly heart.
Amen.
PTH
* Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus,
When you washed your disciples’ feet,*
you didn’t think that
you were a washer,
the disciples were the people you washed
and you were washing them,
did you? Continue reading Prayer 230
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Sáng sớm ra khỏi nhà, việc đầu tiên là ghé vào McDonald mua điểm tâm nhanh. Lúc ra khỏi nhà hàng, mình ra trước. Vừa đẩy cửa bước ra, mình thấy một cô chim sẻ đang nằm bật ngữa trên nền xi măng ngay trước cửa, hai chân chỏng gọng lên trời, mắt nhắm, miệng há hốc, bất động. Mình nghĩ cô Sẻ đã chết rồi và tính nhặt xác cô đặt vào lề để tránh bị người khác đạp lên. Continue reading Sẻ
Jesus,
Do you want me to find diamonds in the mud holes of the world?
Yes,
no place on earth is so infertile that it cannot produce a saint.
I shall collect diamonds for you.
May your word to me be fulfilled.*
Amen.
PTH
* Luke 1:38
Jesus,
When Adam and Eva ate the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
their heart became discriminatory heart.
Before they ate it,
they saw themselves and nature as one.
After they ate it, Continue reading Prayer 228
Jesus,
I am a poor child.
I have no gift fitting You,
the heavenly King.
Shall I translate a song for You? Continue reading Prayer 227
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