Tuesday of Holy Week

John 12: 20-36

The Greeks said to Philip

(the disciples' specialist in foreign affairs)

"We want to see Jesus."

Why?.....Philip did not ask.

It was not his place to judge

Instead he played a gospel-type of

Telephone

Perhaps along that chain-Philip-Andrew-Jesus,

Words whispered ear-to-ear

The message morphed into something unclear

Maybe that is why Jesus

Seemed to answer

In riddles unrelated to request.

Jesus spoke of:

Time nearing

Grain falling

Losing life

Surely, Jesus, you did not hear:

The Greeks wanted no philosophy, metaphor or ambiguity.

The Greeks (for once) did not to argue, to prove themselves right.

They wanted to see:

Brilliant Debater

Healer

Miracle Worker.

Just to see.

Jesus told them:

To see means opening just the eyes, but removing the lids of our hearts

And once opened, our hearts will lead us to:

Follow

Love

Die

Lord, as we survey that Wondrous Cross

Make us brave, make us generous, make us simply willing

To see our souls not only in a mirror, dimly

But to face ourselves with 20/20 vision

That we might see with joy this coming Sunday, the beauty of your truth.