Thursday, April 12th
Maundy Thursday
Jesus came to Nazareth and went in to the synagogue . He stood up to read and found the place where it is written, "The Spirit of the Lord has been given me…..to proclaim the Lord's year of favour". ….And He sat down and said to them,
"Today is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears"
Luke 4:18

The favour of the Most High is towards the children of men for He has created them in His Name to become His favoured sons and daughters and to glorify His Name for ever.

But the blessing of freedom and choice involves the right to reject the glorious destiny which the Lord of all life yearns to bestow upon each and every one. And today the Son of the Most High offered Himself once and for all to be a ransom for many.

And so every child of the Father is called to become a child of the Father cleansed and renewed through my loving self-giving even unto death. And he is challenged in hope and joy through My agony in the Garden of Olives and the Cross of Golgotha to become and to do that which will fulfil and perfect his humanity. The oil from the Garden and the blood shed on the Cross are the sign and the power of this potential.

And the victalling for the soul's journey through the pilgrimage of life is provided by the food of My Presence, taken to the heart of the being of each and every soul which feeds on my body and blood by faith with thanksgiving.