Holy Tuesday 9am

Tuesday
9am  

Have faith

In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.  Then Peter remembered and said to Jesus, ‘Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.’ Jesus answered them, ‘Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, “Be taken up and thrown into the sea”, and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you. So, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (Mark 11: 20-24)

The cursing of the fig tree the morning before had caused the tree to wither, and the disciples notice this as, after a night of sleep, they make their way back into the city.  This time Jesus uses the tree as an opportunity to talk about prayer. How big is my faith? Is there doubt lurking deep within? I suspect, to be honest, that there is and the beginning of this day of Holy Week challenges me personally.