Monday of Holy Week – First Person Reflection in the Ignatian Way
You rode into Jerusalem with crowds cheering
Today, Mary anoints your feet
Judas grumbles over the cost of the perfume
We will have poor with us always, you say
But Jesus, you came to serve and to save the poor
Now people will use your words against us
The elites will say they don’t have to do anything
Ah, I am beginning to understand
We will have the poor with us always
Only we will misunderstand the meaning
Those who consider themselves rich
Those who consider themselves to be self-made
Those who build bigger barns to store their riches
They are the ones who are poor
They are the ones who don’t see the need for you
Blessed are the poor in spirit
For they shall be comforted
You are with us
We only have to open the eyes of our hearts
Ah Judas, this is a gift to Jesus from Mary
What the poor need is our love and solidarity
The poor must be recognized as human beings
They must be recognized as children of God
That recognition begins with us
We may not always have you with us physically, Lord
But you will be with us always in Spirit
Even until the end of the age
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