Holy Wednesday (37), Nick Fuentes, and Sacraments
On this Holy Wednesday, while Jesus’ ministry may be relatively silent, the angels in heaven are not.
Some refer to the Wednesday of Holy Week as a “Silent Day,” “Holy Wednesday,” or even “Spy Day.” After Judas decides to betray Jesus, Wednesday is spent conspiring on how this would occur. Jesus is in Bethany throughout the day and stays there during the night.
There is, however, one remarkable scene that takes place in Bethany.
One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and sat at the table. There was a woman in the city who lived a very sinful life and knew that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. In humble service, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume (Lk. 7:36ff).
On Thursday, at the Last Supper, there is another table set. But on Wednesday, Jesus receives one of the most splendid displays of worship in his earthly ministry. A woman of immoral reputation anoints our Lord. In the Bible, kings are anointed. Unlike the traitorous leaders of the day, this woman wasted no time submitting to the Lord of Glory.
This scene is filled with symbolic significance. First, the woman wet his feet with tears–a symbol of casting her cares on him. Then, she wiped his feet with her hair–a symbol of casting her sins on him, for “hair” in the Bible is often associated with weakness and uncleanness (Lev. 13:40). Finally, she kisses his feet–a symbol of loyalty. Unlike Judas, whose kiss meant death, this woman’s kiss meant life and loyalty.
On this Holy Wednesday, while Jesus’ ministry may be relatively silent, the angels in heaven are not; the Father and the Spirit are not, and this true worshipper in a Pharisees’ home is loudly worshipping the Second Adam.
Prayer: O Blessed Messiah, whose feet were kissed by those who follow you, we dare not betray you for you served us unto death. May our lives be like kisses of loyalty to the Son of Man who poured his love on all our hearts; yes, Jesus our Messiah, amen!
Notations
The Princess puts Curdie through constant testing. The purpose of the testing is to make his hands knowing and wise. He can discern the hands of someone who is still a man or a man who is growing into a beast. This fits the general thesis of James B. Jordan that the tree of knowledge of good and evil was a tree for those who were prepared for such discernment and power. They must be tested before coronation.
Maundy Thursday is structured in a sacramental fashion. There is washing and then a table. Water precedes meal. The disciples are priestly figures sent out to declare good news because their feet are now made beautiful in washing.
The theme of darkness on Good Friday is a re-enactment of the creation account. Darkness precedes light, and so too does darkness precede resurrection—the new creation.
Found this live classical music station that follows the Church Calendar at various points, and now it’s the background music to my writing.
I have not been posting on social media during Lent, which is a wonderful practice for all those who write and opine for a living. I have always returned from these seasons much sharper in my thinking and writing. Still, friends will often send me links to different clips on X. The latest was a three-hour-plus interaction led by Lauren Chen on the Nick Fuentes’ “Christ is King” debacle. I joined as a LIVE listener with a few thousand others. They allowed Fuentes to join and spew his hatred of Jews and add his admiration for that noble statesman, Adolf Hitler. Fuentes noted that we need to back off ol’ Addy and his vision for Deutschland.
The debate spilled into the recent DAILY WIRE brouhaha, which led to Candance Owens’ departure from the news giant. But the video that circulated was of Nick Fuentes chanting “Christ is King” with a group of devout boys trying to be men. The chant sparked a conversation about the use of the phrase. Every person will be judged for stating the words. If chanted falsely, their sins will find you out. If sung with Christian zeal, their sins are covered by the Lord of all.
Fuentes appeals to them because they seek an enemy to attach their misdirected anger at civilization. The larger the enemy, let’s say, a nation, the larger the capacity to manifest outrage. It is undeniable that these men are seeking father figures. They are self-appointed popes submitting to a self-appointed pope.
The issue here is not whether there are negative things to observe about Israel’s geo-political strategy; the point is that those who join these naysayers and who believe in Jewish tyranny are generally prone to insurrection ideologies. They are incapable of rational argumentation except to utter incomprehensible fragments attempting at lucidity. Here’s an example from last night’s discussion:
"I don't hate Hitler, you know, I mean, I don't. I'm not in favor of genocide or whatever. But I look at Hitler as a statesman. Hitler didn't kill my people or anything like that." -Nick Fuentes
Fuentes is a product of misdirected anger. He attempts to harmonize his Jewish-hysteria with his Catholic faith. He repeatedly fails because Fuentes and those who follow him cannot think clearly without demonizing an entire nation. They need a scapegoat to pour their unrighteous indignation.
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Outstanding work especially the section on Fuentes.
Excellent, Uri.