LIVING THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN THE 3RD MILLENIUM

A LAYMAN'S LOOK AT THE JOURNEY OF FAITH

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LOOKING TOWARD HOLY WEEK - THE GOD WE MEET

Cleansing the TempleBiblical commentators tell us that the passion narratives were the first parts of the Jesus story to be proclaimed. Each evangelist approaches the narrative with his unique perspective and one would expect an opening scene in the garden of Gethsemane or in Pilate’s courtroom where Jesus receives his sentence, is then tortured and taken off to Calvary for his execution. But one image by far precedes all of these.
Jesus is the “Suffering Servant” of Isaiah who speaks to a people enslaved. Their exile is that of weakness and failure. Jesus reaches out to them in solidarity.  He is not a defenseless victim but always emains faithful to his mission.
And that is the God we meet during Holy Week as we are present to Jesus’s living out of his role as God’s servant.

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