Our Daily bread:Zech 2:5-9, 14-15a; Luke 9:43b-45

Pay attention to what I am telling you.

The Son of Man is to be handed over to men. We find the widespread astonishment over Jesus’ powerful works juxtaposed with Jesus’ anxiety over a hard reality that he alone seems to grasp. His status as celebrity will give way as he is handed over to the authorities who will try and convict him and sentence him to an ignominious death. Jesus, anticipating the supreme act of love that he will offer at Calvary, bears the weight of this awful knowledge alone. Let us pray today especially for those who have no one to support them through their trials. *

*For all those whose suffering is compounded by loneliness, we pray.