Friday, April 14, 2017

April 14, 2017


GOOD  FRIDAY

People screaming at Jesus:
“Crucify him. Crucify him.”
As if he was running for office.

No.  And he was not running
for his life. He was standing up
and standing out for the Good.

After that it’s a mystery why God
became one of us and was willing
to lay down his life for his friends.

And enemies…. To scream out from
the cross “Father forgive them for
they don’t know what they are doing."

To voice from the cross - to God our
Father - what everyone feels while
suffering, “Why have you forsaken me?”

To pray: “Into your hands, my God,
 I hand over my spirit.” To hear back,
“Today, you’ll be with me in Paradise.”



©  Andy Costello, Reflections  2017
Painting on top: The Yellow Christ 
by Paul Gauguin, 1889


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