Lent 5 - At the Feet of Jesus

Here's a link to this week's Gospel text:

http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/CLent/cLent5.htm


I'm not really sure that I have any sort of story to tell about this week's theme. Or, at least, I don't have one that won't sound trite or cheap. Most of the time, the image I see of myself at the feet of Jesus looks a little too church-camp. And, to be honest, that isn't too appealing.

I want to shiver and shake a bit, wriggle myself out of that picture. I want to say something like: "I'm with Judas here. That stuff is expensive. Wouldn't water do the trick?"

But maybe I need to think in these terms for once. I should give John 12 a chance.

Last week we looked at the party, at how we react to other's receiving Christ's love. Now we enter the dinner, and we're at Christ's feet.

Who are we when we're at the feet of Jesus?