Daily Office Readings for Monday of the Third Week of Lent: Year 2
Morning, Psalm 80; Evening, Psalm 77;
Genesis 44:18 to 34; 1st Corinthians 7:25 to 31; Mark 5:21 to 43:
“Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years.” (Mark 5: 25)
Jesus was on his way to heal a child when this hemorrhaging woman acted from her faith and touched Jesus and was healed. So our Lord Jesus, while on his way to do a good work, did an additional good work. In the Cursillo movement we call this an “unexpected opportunity.”
Opportunities to do unexpected good works abound. Our Lord Jesus models for us that there will be people in need all around us. We may not know them but they need us. They come to us from their faith, trusting in God to work through us for what they need. These are unexpected opportunities. Had not our Lord Jesus been going to do a good work already, the woman in need may not have ever crossed his path. The same is true for us today. As we go about our business to do good, God will put people in our path who need us. From that point on, God is watching us, to see how we might respond. Remember, it is their faith in God working through you that works in, and for them.
Let us pray:
Come Holy Spirit of the Ever-loving God of all Creation, keep our eyes open to those around us who may be in desperate need. And then use we pray, to make good use of any unexpected opportunities that may arise to the glory of your Name. Amen.
Please keep up your thoughts and prayers and hopes for Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Palestine, and our schools.
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and serve, and to teach others to love and serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
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