Psalm 22 begins with this desperate question, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" and finds itself on the lips of the dying Jesus on the cross. It's not hard for us in these times of abandonment and separation from our accustomed lifestyle because of the COVID-19 virus danger, to imagine how Jesus must have felt. We are feeling, if even in a small way, that same feeling...abandonment, separation, acute loneliness, emptiness. We might be asking, "where is God in all of this?" Even our churches are closed and we are forced to rely on TV or the internet to bring our beloved Triduum Services to us.
God certainly did not abandon Jesus on the cross, for Jesus, in total obedience and love of the Father and love for us, CHOSE to hang there, feeling abandoned, thirsting for us, forgiving those who condemned him, giving us his most prized love, his mother...giving all for us. By this great act of love, he assures us that he will NEVER ABANDON US! May we come to understand and appreciate this even more this year as we identify our plight with his. May our gratitude pervade this day and our lives from now on. Vivat Jesus Christus!..Long Live Jesus Christ!
Bro. Rene
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