Are you still ‘asleep’? If you are, you don’t know!

Morning: Psalms 16, 17; I Kings 5:1-6:1; Acts 28:1-16

Evening: Psalm 22; Mark 14:27-42

Jesus’ disciples say they support him; but they fall asleep.  ‘Sleep’ here is not primarily physical sleep, but ‘unconscious’ action, being unaware of what you are doing or saying, or why ... You do not consider the meaning or consequences of your words and actions. You do and say what you do not intend, and you do not even realize what’s happening.  Paul is a famous example … he persecutes the Church and its leaders … until he ‘wakes up’ on the Damascus Road.  The Gospel asks: Are you still ‘asleep’?  Trouble is, if you are, you don’t know!