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MariaChristi
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today we begin “Holy Week” - sacred days to remember events in the Passion of Christ, His Death, and finally the Glory of His Resurrection on Sunday. We continue to ponder the Hymn, “Stabat Mater”
Jesus said: “My heart is nearly broken with sorrow, stay here and keep watch with me”.
Why was His Sacred Heart so pained, and “nearly broken”? Was it not the weight of sin committed by all of us from the fall of Adam and Eve until the end of the world? Jesus, Word Made flesh, Only Begotten Son of God, knew the “cost” of our redemption. In His Human Nature He “learned obedience from what He suffered”:
Mary stands beneath the Cross of Her Son, and waits with Him for Victory over sin and death for Love is stronger than sin and death, but it will cost us to overcome evil in ourselves and in the world around us. Jesus and Mary never sinned yet their Love and Truth and obedience to God’s Will, shines for us with unmistakable Light and overcomes the darkness of hatred, lies, and disobedience which we are tempted toward.
Let us learn from all the suffering God permits in our lives, by God’s Grace, and not be afraid of suffering – but remain in Jesus as Mary did. Son though He was, He learned obedience from what He suffered; and when He was made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him.
Today we begin “Holy Week” - sacred days to remember events in the Passion of Christ, His Death, and finally the Glory of His Resurrection on Sunday. We continue to ponder the Hymn, “Stabat Mater”
This morning as my husband and I prayed the Liturgy of the Hours - Morning Prayer, my heart was so moved by the first Antiphon:
Jesus said: “My heart is nearly broken with sorrow, stay here and keep watch with me”.
Why was His Sacred Heart so pained, and “nearly broken”? Was it not the weight of sin committed by all of us from the fall of Adam and Eve until the end of the world? Jesus, Word Made flesh, Only Begotten Son of God, knew the “cost” of our redemption. In His Human Nature He “learned obedience from what He suffered”:
God created the first man and woman and continues to create every man and woman for happiness, but when sin entered the world, through our first parents, God who is Great in Mercy and Compassion, promised to send Jesus through Mary in Genesis 3:16 – while satan waits knowing God does not lie for He is Truth and Love, while satan the father of lies hates Truth and Love .
Mary stands beneath the Cross of Her Son, and waits with Him for Victory over sin and death for Love is stronger than sin and death, but it will cost us to overcome evil in ourselves and in the world around us. Jesus and Mary never sinned yet their Love and Truth and obedience to God’s Will, shines for us with unmistakable Light and overcomes the darkness of hatred, lies, and disobedience which we are tempted toward.
Let us learn from all the suffering God permits in our lives, by God’s Grace, and not be afraid of suffering – but remain in Jesus as Mary did. Son though He was, He learned obedience from what He suffered; and when He was made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him.
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