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caro_c
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Excellent reflection for tomorrow.
passionsunday
Long but worth it.
Here is an extract.
There is so much happening! The crowds are yelling, a man is pressed into service - it will be the making of him. Jesus falls, the women of Jerusalem weep - the stations of the Via Dolorosa open out before us. What we once prayed in piety is now transformed and we see it in all its brutal reality. On reaching the place of the skull, the full horror is unveiled: he is stripped - his dignity is offended: but he is so torn apart there is little left. He is nailed to the cross - could we even permit ourselves see the hammer in our own hands? He is lifted up and now the entire world sees him and it mocks him - are we tempted to join in? Do we now want to distance ourselves from him? No, we must not, because this is the moment when he is revealed. As he dies on the cross we now recognise the Messiah, the Anointed One, and all the Holy Prophets cover their faces and prostrate themselves before the Lamb offered up in sacrifice.
passionsunday
Long but worth it.
Here is an extract.
There is so much happening! The crowds are yelling, a man is pressed into service - it will be the making of him. Jesus falls, the women of Jerusalem weep - the stations of the Via Dolorosa open out before us. What we once prayed in piety is now transformed and we see it in all its brutal reality. On reaching the place of the skull, the full horror is unveiled: he is stripped - his dignity is offended: but he is so torn apart there is little left. He is nailed to the cross - could we even permit ourselves see the hammer in our own hands? He is lifted up and now the entire world sees him and it mocks him - are we tempted to join in? Do we now want to distance ourselves from him? No, we must not, because this is the moment when he is revealed. As he dies on the cross we now recognise the Messiah, the Anointed One, and all the Holy Prophets cover their faces and prostrate themselves before the Lamb offered up in sacrifice.