DAILY READINGS: Exodus 4; Psalm 34; Acts 1
This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matt . 3:17
My God, my God, Why hast thou forsaken Me? Mark 15:34b
The tender plant inched out of the dry ground. The world rushed on. But His Father watched. He watched His mother lay Him in a manger. He watched the devout hold Him with joy in the Temple.He watched the wise stand startled at His understanding. He watched Him walk the coarse, sinful streets of Nazareth, His perfections blazing a path of pure light down every dusty lane. He
watched His baptism— the only person on the planet for whom it was not necessary. He could keep silent no more. Yet, in love for us, when the Son of His love cried out in anguish, no voice was heard. —S. McEachern
Lord, Thy love has sought and found us, wandering in this desert wide,
Thou hast thrown Thine arms around us, for us suff ered, bled and died.—Anon.