THURSDAY, FIRST WEEK OF LENT

Jesus Attracted Crowds He Loved

As [Jesus] went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. Mark 6: 34

"Crowd without a Leader" Dallas Morning News, Januarty 14, 2008

How are we still like sheep without a shepherd?

How will he, how does he, have compassion on us?

Holy Jesus, how often we are caught in crowds, lost for we have no shepherd. Sometimes the crowd follows a false teacher and we are led astray; sometimes we wish to avoid life so we lose ourselves in the crowd; sometimes we reject the crowd just to be different. But Jesus we pray today that you have compassion on us and on all in crowds in danger of being lost. Amen.