Renunciation in favor of Love (S2E29)

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Meditation by Fr. Cristian Laslo The Roman soldiers are taking Jesus up to Golgotha for the supreme sacrifice. For them it was only an amusement, for the Jews a revenge, but for the rest of mankind it was an act of kindness and mercy, the supreme act of love for the humanity. In the praetorium, or the Pilate’s palace court Jesus is stripped of his shirt and beaten without reason. Pilate thought that like that he could temper the Jewish accusers, but they did not have enough; they’ve received Barabbas, and now they wanted Jesus’ life. The soldiers are taking Jesus out of town, to the place called Golgotha and they are crucifying Him. Still, Jesus was praying for them. Unfortunately, the sacrifices for God were not stopped on Golgotha, but that was only the starting point for persecutions. Millions of Christians have died all over the places under this world rulers, and many are dying even today in Africa, Middle East or Asia. Just as Jesus, they are calling in their sufferings: “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?” (Psalm 22, 1). For their belief insults have broken their hearts,..., they have looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but they found none. They gave them poison for food, and for their thirst, vinegar to drink (cf. Psalm 69, 20-21). One can think of Christianity that it’s a morbid religion which calls to self sacrifice upon the world’s altar, and God is a bloodthirsty deity. But God is only thirsty for our love and kindness, and wants from us to kill the unclean desires in our bodies and souls. He is telling us: “Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward”. (2 John 1, 8). Jesus Christ killed in himself the worldly temptations, gave Himself for the salvation of all. In anticipation for the Lent, how do we fight with the daily temptations? How do we prove the love for our neighbor? In agony Jesus was praying to the Father for his oppressors. Are we usually praying for others? Mark 15, 20. 22. 25. 33-41 Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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