Evening Prayer With Bob

Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him. ~ Matthew 27:55 (NRSV)

Image: The Lamentation, Jacob Jordaens, c.1650

Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, ‘Truly this man was God’s Son!" ~ Matthew 27:54 (NRSV)

Over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews." ~ Matthew 27:37 (NRSV)

Image: Tolle, tolle, crucifige eum (John 19:15), Salvador Dali, 1964 - 1967.

So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves." ~ Matthew 27:24

Image: Ecce homo by Antonio Ciser, c.1860-1880

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,

Image: M100 WFC3, NASA, ESA, and Judy Schmidt, 2018, Hubblesite.org

A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master ~ Matthew 10:24 (NRSV)

Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure; wash me, and I shall be clean indeed. ~ Psalm 51:8 

Image: A clergyman hears confession from Pope Francis during a Lenten penance service March 9 in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Stefano Rellandini, Reuters)

Again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man." ~ Matthew 26:72 (NRSV)

Image: Denial of Saint Peter, Caravaggio, 1620

Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:7 (NRSV)

Image: Christ and St Mary Magdalene at the Tomb, Rembrandt, 1638

Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him." ~ Matthew 26:48

Image: The Judas Kiss, by Gustave Dore, 1866