Good Friday Reflections


“Golgotha, the place of the skull, where nails smashed through the wrists and feet of Jesus, the teacher from Nazareth in Galilee, can stand for the skulls of every genocide. Betrayal by friends, self-preserving denial, making sport with prisoners, the mockery of crowds, spectators drawn to the spectacle, the soldiers doing their duty and dicing for his clothes, a mother in agony, and a knot of women helplessly looking on—it happens time, and time, and time again.”
Richard John Neuhaus, First Things

IN THE CROSS IS SALVATION, in the Cross is life, in the Cross is protection from our enemies, in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness, in the Cross is strength of mind, in the Cross is joy of spirit, in the Cross is the height of virtue, in the Cross is perfection of sanctity. There is no salvation of the soul, nor hope of everlasting life, but in the Cross.
Thomas á Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

Comments

  1. celticfire says:

    Hi Jack! Sorry I haven’t had the chance to respond to all of our on-going discussions, I haven’t given up, it just seems like when I get a chance to respond something else happens…

    But anyway, the book I mentioned was: Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus, which is available from Aamazon here.

    Best regards! –cf

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