A Reality of the Passion

Jesus never said…Come worship me.  He said…Come follow me.

As Christians around the world reflect on this day, it seems easier to consider the events of Good Friday as something that happened over two-thousand years ago.  Not as a reality within our daily lives.

Yet it is there.  We experience heartache, disappointment, tragedy, personal injury, loss of loved ones.  And instead of seeing difficulties as sharing in a mystery that remains beyond our comprehension, we look to blame, become bitter, turn on others.  Maybe pain leads us to despair.

With our own scourgings, crowns of thorns, nails being driven into our hands and feet… Do we have the courage to accept, to forgive?  Can we find deeper meaning?  Can we trust the promise that is part of the call… Come follow me.