The Crucifixion and redeeming love
Proper Last C | Luke 23:33-43
The crucifixion. What a downer. And a strange way to say Happy Holidays, right?
Last week, we had the story of Jesus and the disciples leaving the Temple, mesmerized by its enormity, beauty, that awesome response to this miraculous achievement, like skyscrapers and other wonders of the world, and Jesus is like, “eh, I wouldn’t get too attached.”
These aren’t particularly happy stories, if you hadn’t noticed. But they point to things in the darkness. Things we’d rather shut our eyes to avoid. So we miss them. The whole truth. Of these Temples and crucifixions we tolerate, the selfish wonders and corruptions that are just part of our lives. Imposed on our lives, even. And they make us sad, despondent, until we accept it as normal, inevitable.
And Jesus says: don’t. Keep Reading
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