Monday of Holy Week and Oscar Romero

I have always loved the Scripture of the Monday of Holy Week  (Mark 14:32-38) because it is so normal on everyone's part.  Christ realized what was awaiting him this terrible week and he told the disciples to watch while he went off from them and prayed,  "Let this cup pass from me...".   He came back and the disciples were asleep.  I can see Christ shaking his head  as he said, "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."

In spite of human frailities, there have always been people who have stood up and gone on about their work in spite of the consequences.   I think of  Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador who was gunned down 33 years ago by a military gunman as he was in the hospital praying over a patient.

And I like the words of the Archbishop, "The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts --it is beyond our vision."   No one knows what we can and cannot accomplish or what we will be called upon to do during this experience of living.    We can each recognize ian occasional opportunity to make life better for someone and seize it along the way.

What was I intended to see or to do this Monday of Holy Week?  Will  my flesh be too weak to carry out that intent or will I go on about my spiritual business in spite of the circumstances which could keep me from doing so.   The kingdom may be beyond our vision but the tasks loom for all of us!