Kenyan landscape left barren by drought
“The governor again said to them, ‘Which of the two do you want me to release for you?’ And they said, ‘Barabbas’. Pilate said to them, ‘Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?’ All of them said, ‘Let him be crucified!’… When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd …. Then he released for them Barabbas and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.”
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you,
because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.
Jesus stands silent and composed as the crowd calls for his death. Pilate finds no guilt in Jesus, yet he is still condemned.
In our world today many are condemned to lives of hardship and poverty. When it did not rain for almost three years in Marsabit, Kenya, Lokho’s cows and goats died and she had no other way to feed her family.
In this Jubilee Year, when we are asked to come together and respond to God’s call to create a more just world, do we wash our hands of our brothers and sisters? Or do we seek to act in solidarity?
Prayer
Jesus, you know what it means to stand alone
in front of those who reject you
and don't understand you.
Walk with us
when we feel that we can't make a difference,
help us to keep going.
Teach us to share your love.
Amen.
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