Reflection Questions:

  1. How are the different parties (chief priests, Judas, woman with perfume, disciples) responding to Jesus on this “Spy Wednesday?” 

  2. What kind of kingdom did Jesus come to establish? For whom? How do we remember this gospel truth in our lives today?

Spiritual Practice: Imaginative Prayer

Imaginative prayer is a method of prayer from the Ignatian tradition and Jesuit order that invites us to use our imagination to enter into a moment in Scripture, typically in the Gospels. It allows us to contemplate with God the thoughts, feelings and questions that arise in us as we engage Scripture and to hear from God in a different way.

Steps:

  • Read Mark 14:1-11. Imagine the setting. Place yourself in the scene. What character are you?

  • Engage all your senses. What do you see, feel, hear, taste, touch?

  • Let the scene play out with you in it. What thoughts, feelings, questions come up?

  • Conclude the time expressing in prayer the things on your mind and heart. Leave space to listen to God.