Wednesday of Holy Week

March 19, 2008 · Filed Under Homilies, Lent 

Today's readings

 
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"The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him…" The gospels tell us in many places that Jesus willingly laid down his life. This was the mission the Father gave him, and this was the mission he had taken up on this earth. In these final days of Holy Week, Jesus lives up to the mission he has freely taken up. Isaiah says of him: "And I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting." There would have been precious little grace had it happened any other way. "For your sake I bear insult," the Psalmist says, "and shame covers my face." In what way are we being called to willingly take up our cross today?

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