In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death.
—Hebrews 5.7
From a lectionary reading for Lent 5: Hebrews 5.5-10
Reflection for Saturday, March 24 (Day 28 of Lent)
And he was heard, Paul goes on to write. Crying out from his depths as he sought—as ever—to live fully and completely into who he had been created to be, Jesus was heard.
In these days, what prayers will we offer from the depths of who we are; what supplications will we cry out on behalf of the world and of our own selves? What might we need to wail about as we wrestle with what comes in seeking to live into our full selves with some measure of the integrity that Christ possessed? What do we need for God to hear?
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