Sunday, March 20, 2016

Passion Sunday - A Lenten Minute for Mar. 20

“I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!”- Luke 19:40

Palm Sunday.  Passion Sunday.  We begin our liturgical celebrations with the blessing of palms and the readings of Jesus' triumphal procession into Jerusalem, then we witness with Jesus through one of the synoptic Gospels that describe his passion and death.  (We always hear John's version on Holy Thursday and Good Friday).  But too often we remain spectators, less than even those who were in the crowd around Jesus, holding ourselves at a distance.  During the upcoming Holy Week liturgies, we are urged to immerse ourselves into the story - to become part of the story.  For, we ARE part of the story.  Jesus' persecution continues today.  We are called to action, for WE are the participants in the same story today.  WE are Peter, asked if we are willing to risk admitting that we know Jesus; WE are Veronica, asked to soothe the face of Jesus in those suffering that we encounter; WE are one of the women of Jerusalem, asked to weep for the destruction facing us from our rejection of Jesus' message; WE are Simon, asked to help carry Jesus' cross; and WE are even the centurion; asked to nail Jesus to his cross with the spikes of our sins.  Don't just witness this week.  LIVE this week.  And then, let it change your world - forever.

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