God is
dead! No wonder the earth quaked, the sun hid itself,
the dead rose and Mary stood by in horror. Your human
body gave up it's soul in death but Your Divinity, dear
Jesus, continued to manifest its power. All creation
rebelled as the Word made Flesh departed from this
world. Man alone was too proud to see and too stubborn
to acknowledge truth.
Redemption was accomplished! Man would never have an
excuse to forget how much You loved him. The thief on
Your right saw something he could not explain - he saw a
man on a tree and knew He was God. His need made him see
his own guilt and Your innocence. The Promise of eternal
life made the remaining hours of his torture. endurable.
A common thief responded to Your love with deep Faith,
Hope, and Love. He saw more than his eyes envisioned -
he felt a Presence he could not explain and would not
argue with. He was in need and accepted the way God
designed to help him.
Forgive our pride, dear Jesus as we spend hours
speculating, days arguing and often a lifetime in
rejecting Your death, which is a sublime mystery. Have
pity on those whose intelligence leads them to pride
because they never feel the need to reach out to the Man
of Sorrows for consolation.
Amen
