Reed Mueller

Wednesday / Hours 73-96

These are the silent hours of Holy Week (as the gospels don’t record any of the events of that day). Perhaps this is fitting. After the triumph of Sunday and the contentions and planned betrayal of Monday and Tuesday, this is the calm before the storm – a storm that Jesus will walk through on his way to the cross (and beyond).

This day…

• spend a few moments to sit … and rest … in silence, just as the gospel writers do;
• then ask God to prepare you
  • for what is to come in what remains of this week’s 168 hours
  • and to prepare your heart to sit at the foot of the cross, meditating on its mysterious, heart-wrenching grace and power.