The Son of Man Glorified

When Judas had left, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, 'Where I go you cannot come,' so now I say it to you." 
Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later." Peter said to him, "Master, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times."

Jesus Betrayed

Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was greatly troubled and testified, "Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me." The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant. One of the disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus' side. So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant. He leaned back on Jesus' chest and said to him, "Master, who is it?" Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I hand the morsel after I have dipped it." So he took the morse and dipped it and handed it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot. After Judas took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly." Now none of those reclining at table realized why he said this to him. Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or give something to the poor. So Judas took the morsel and left at once. And it was night.

The Crucifixion is Near

Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him. Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, "Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days wages and the money given to the poor?" He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used it to steal the contributions. So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me." 

The large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him.

Consideration: A dinner for Jesus at the home of Lazarus; Mary anointing the feet of Jesus with oil and drying them with her hair; Judas complaining about wasting the costly perfume and saying it should have been sold instead; Jesus tells Mary to keep the oil for the day of his burial; and a plot to kill Lazarus and Jesus because many of the Jews believed in Jesus. The day of the crucifixion was drawing near.

Son of Man

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple area, yet you did not arrest me. But all this has come to pass that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled."

Those who had arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. Caiaphas asked, "I order you to tell us under oath before the living God whether you are the Christ, the Son of God." Jesus said to him in reply, "You have said so. But I tell you: From now on you will see 'the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and 'coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has blasphemed! What further need have we of witnesses? You have now heard the blasphemy; what is your opinion?" They said in reply, "He deserves to die!"

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Lord Jesus, Yes, they will see the "Son of Man" seated at the right hand of "Power" and coming on the clouds of heaven. Amen.

Queen of Hearts and Mother of All

Her eyes on everything, hands on it all

Vessel to her son, mother's loving call

Chasing passions and earthly dreams

The world a mess, tearing at the seams

Despair surrounds in every direction 

She is in the middle for our protection

Tensions rising, fear is taking its toll

Our Lady, defender of heart and soul 

Amidst the nations fighting to survive

The Queen of Peace; tears in her eyes

She sees the end of the war and hate

The woman has come to ease the pain

Life is passing quickly to a new season

End all the madness seek out healing

She sees everything, so heed her call

The Queen of Hearts, the Mother of all

The Works of Jesus

Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation." But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing, nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish." He did not say this on his own, but since he was the high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not only the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God. So from that day on they planned to kill him.

​Consideration: The Works of Jesus had become a major concern for the high priest. They reasoned that it was better for Jesus to die than for the entire nation to perish.

Blasphemy

The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?" The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning you for good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God." Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods" '? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father." Then they tried to arrest him; but he escaped from their power.

He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true." And many there began to believe in him. 

Lord Jesus, the Jews continue to ridicule you, accusing you of blasphemy. They refuse to listen to your words saying that the Father and Son are one. But many said that John's words were true; and began to believe.