Today I need to do the will of the Lord and avoid the potential numbness that periodically affects. me. Judas who seems to have been a bad apple from the start and yet was a necessary element in the events of this week as recorded by the evangelists, protests, as I do too when confronted by an action that causes him to consider his own failings. He does protest too much. It is easy to complain about our clergy forgetting that we too are human and weak.

Dear Lord let me shake  off this negative that i am living at the moment. I do need your grace. let me seek it in your sacrament of penance.

Lazarus was at table with Jesus and his disciples. This is the man that had been brought back from the dead. He was  a living witness to the authority of our saviour. The Jews ( What does John mean by "Jew" ) wanted to kill him too. The image of Mary drying Jesus' feet with her hair is difficult to cope with but Jesus' response to Judas' protests is a pointer to where our priorities should be; Jesus should always be first and everything else will follow.

Let me experience your grace and let me live your  teachings in true sincerity.