Here on this fourteenth morning of Lent I sit with Odilon Redon, a symbolic French painter from around 1900. A friend brought this charcoal piece of to my attention yesterday that I had never seen before. And I have been so captivated. As I started to look at his pieces in chronological order, I discovered that Redon didn't paint any of Christ until 1897... and each of them are magnificent!
Maybe he had a substantial Lenten season that year and hit a God Vein much like Bob Dylan when he wrote and produced Slow Train Coming. In any event I simply wanted you to ponder with me "Christ in Silence" as He ponders the approach of His Hour.
Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world to go
to the Father. Having loved his dear companions, he continued to love them right to the
end. John 13:1
