Saturday, Mar. 26, 2005 - 12:38 a.m.
Good Friday:: The Passion
I just watched the Passion.
And I admitted I cried. EVen Alex cried. The pain is so real and the torture so indescribable.. and its like WHy? Why did my God die for me?
That he shed so much blood... Why must my God humble himself to become Man.. to suffer humiliation, to give up blood for humanity? To even give up his life?
And its heart-wrenching to see Mary, the Mother of Jesus, watch her son die.. and that she can't do anything. Like when he fell, and the flashback of him falling when he was a child came to her, she rushed to him to comfort him. But now... she cant make it all right. That her son must die. I think the parental instinct in each of us.. I dun think I could go through it. I realli admire Mary... if only I could have the courage. Got this from a website: Mary, my Mother, you were the first to live the Way of the Cross.
You felt every pain and every humiliation. You were unafraid of the
ridicule heaped upon you by the crowds. Your eyes were ever on Jesus
and His Pain. Is that the secret of your miraculous strength? How did your
loving heart bear such a burden and such a weight? As you watched Him
stumble and fall, were you tortured by the memory of all the yesterdays-
His birth, His hidden life and His ministry?
Lord, let not my will, but your will be done.
If I treat Christ to be my King and Lord, he should be treated differently than a friend. Cos he should be obeyed and I should do his work. And yet, he is still my friend cos he came down to Earth to actually understand what its like to be a human, with all our emotions and our human frailities. COs being God.. he wouldn't koe. But he made himself Man.. he knows how hard it is for us. Hence, we take comfort that the cross we will bear will not be too much for us to carry. Cos he knows our limits. Dun u think that being in the company of Angels is much better than being with us??? On Earth? HUmans cant even stand each other.. what more us to Angels?
Father, I need the strength and I need the faith. Help me Lord... and change me.