Lent 32

Lord and God,

How your wisdom confounds. You can call stones to your praise, as you called a slave people into conquest. The mighty strength of Samson was toppled by a woman, and yet in death your victory was accomplished.

In the twilight of Jerusalem, in its oppression and weakness you came. We craved another Judge, but you came not to judge the world. We hungered for vengeance, but you came to offer mercy. You looked down from on high, you came down, to raise the poor from the dust and the needy from the ash heap. The grieving and the barren you made glad through a power and a wisdom utterly beyond us. Your victory march led to your own grave. One last time your strength was for your people. Praise the Lord.