Devotion - Tuesday of Holy Week

In John 12 there is a very brief reference to a group of folks who come to see Jesus.  They are "some Greeks," who were "among those who went up to worship at the feast."  Upon hearing of their desire to see him, Jesus announces "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified."

Theologians tell us that this exchange signals Christ as something more than the private possession or gift to one people or to one group of people.  This brief exchange acknowledges the role Jesus has in the life of the whole of the creation.  

Those who call upon his name find in Christ the gift of salvation.  Those who lift up his name in their prayers seek to follow his way and to make known his identity and his gift.  But Christ is not our personal possession.  Christ has come to the world - the whole world - and the entire cosmos is altered by his presence.

Give thanks for the faith in you which enables you to perceive and to appreciate;  know that the one whom you speak of in your prayers is Lord of all that exists.