Crazy For Us

The hit musical of the early Nineties, CRAZY FOR YOU, with its comedy and romance barely leaves a dent in what it means for Jesus to be crazy for us.  Becoming human, "emptying himself, becoming a slave," (cf. Phil 2: 6-8) and giving his life for us by dying on the cross, are causes enough for having "his head examined," but further, his teachings of loving enemies and all people, forgiving those who hurt us, and his tireless curing of the sick, so much so that he barely had time to eat (cf. Mk 3: 20) put him "over the top" and move his family to say, "He is out of his mind." (Mk 3:21).  In these big ways and in the small ways that things inexplicably "fall into place" for us, he shows us his unfathomable, unconditional love, day after day.  His love is so extreme that indeed, how else can we explain it except by saying his is CRAZY FOR US?

Br. Rene