Monday April 6th - Jesus: confronting the abuse of power
Evening: Psalm 69:1-23; Mark 11:12-25
This is an odd story ... Jesus curses a fig tree for having no fruit even though it is not fig season. The tree withers. The story points, though, to Jesus’s judgement of the Jerusalem Temple, and any other institution that becomes an instrument of unjust power, exploiting those who seek its services - in the case of the Temple, forgiveness. Jesus confronts and makes redundant the sacrificial system but at what cost! - the sacrifice of his own life. From now on, forgiveness is found in the Way of Jesus. God desires not sacrifice but justice, compassion and humility.
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