Continuing reflection, on the continuing, ONE, celebration, of The Paschal TrIdium, 2026.
In the Gospel of John, 18:37 we have, The Prophet Jesus, Who became The Christ, speaking these words " For this I was born, for this I came into the world, to speak the truth." Where did speaking the truth get Him ? to betrayal, desertion, a crown of thorns, a scourging, a horrendous, sorrow-filled journey, ending in endless mockery, and finally He was to experience death, the placed of cursedness. All because He spoke the truth, challenging those in the religious and civil realms. His words threaten security. Rather than confront the challenge of the truth, and make the necessary changes, they entered into a conspiracy. His death was planned. The death reserved only for a runaway slave. To the Jews this was looked on as a place of, cursedness. A proposed solution to, The Nuisance. Because of the successful outcome The Prophet Jesus, was crucified to ignominious death. Problem Solved ???
The solution to a problem with the truth, lead to release of a power, that, at the time rocked the dual societies, both civil, and religious. The Resurrection not only released power, but imbued that power into all of reality, both physical and spiritual. Because of resulting continuous evolution, and transformation we are where we are at, right now. feet planted in the sacramental now. The Reality of The Nuisance Crucified is alive and well. Continuing the rocking confrontational transformation, resulting in a living hell to those in so called "power" who continue the role of obstruction, and destruction. We have martyrs from and for, our troubled times, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti. Alex were living Veronicas, going to the aid of a suffering contemporary Christ. They joined Him in death. Like His death, their deaths were not in vain. We are witnesses to the power of, transformative deaths. PASCHAL DEATHS !!!! We have the anthem for these now moments, provided by Bruce Springsteen. His prophetic music, will be a living memorial to the numberless victims of abusive, unfeeling, care-less power.
The agony, the sufferings have not ended for Christ. He is now a living suffering Christ, in His Body. He again is present in and to the abandonment of children, as they suffer the loss of a parent, or worse still if the are incarcerated in hellish, so called nurseries. His Body continues to suffer, because of the abuse of power which is running rampant, leading to horrific, indescribable pain and suffering. All this is a reality in so many places. What does this mean ? This means that the work of Jesus, Who became the Christ, must be brought to completion. Who have been chosen, and prepared for this challenge ? I ask you to slowly repeats the following wonder-full, awe-full, challenging words, first proclaimed by The Prophet Jesus, facing death, " For this I was born, for this I came into the world, to speak the truth".
. Each person is the living, Incarnation of, The Prophet of Truth. He was The Living Truth, and suffered and died because of His faithfulness to His prophetic call. Because of this modeled faithfulness we cannot settle for anything less. Living Truth is in the tabernacle of our depths. Not to lie in disengaged, comfort. We are challenged to be His Presence His Presence in our actions, and voices. When you speak it is not you, but Christ Who speaks. We do not have to fulfill our prophetic call, roll, perfectly. The desire for perfection results in an unnecessary void being deliberately created. Remember the bromide," I will do my best, and whatever I cannot do, The One who choose me to be a co-creator, will do the rest."
On His way to Calvary, The betrayed Suffering One Encountered two very significant people, whose memories are enshrined in scripture and tradition. Simon was forced into action to carry the wooden beam of the cross, when Jesus had a number of falls, and it looked like He was going to come short of the place of crucifixion, Golgotha. ( Golgotha is a name that belongs to so many of the hellish internment places of neglect and torture. Read the paper today ? Frightening and disgusting that this is ever possible in, a supposedly civilized and Christian, America . When will we ever recover from this blight that will forever exist in our honest history ) Simon was forced to carry the cross. Veronica, traditions tells us, she came out of the crowd and ministered to The traumatized, Body. Do you allow, the recognition, of the contemporary Simon and Veronicas ? In what way are you joining your presence, to minister to, The Presence, present in the sufferings of all our brothers and sisters ?
The extreme sufferings of Jesus satisfied those who conspired to bring this death about. What was their reaction to " My God, My God, why have you abandoned me." How often have you joined Our Brother in that cry of complete abandonment ? Our brother cried out once, on Calvary. He cries out, in us, through us, and always, with us. This is Presence within, as we cry out from those horrendous crucifixions experienced in our visits to Golgotha. Jesus on His journey to become The Christ, through death and Resurrection, made that slog just once. We, however, are forced to that place of extreme suffering and abandonment again and again. The journey to be a contemporary Christ, is....??? Bonhoeffer wrote, " There is no, surrender less, Christianity". As we face the great challenges we must never loose sight of, The Power of The Resurrection. This Power awaits us all in our depths ? How is this transforming and transfiguring to be actualized....??????
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