Forgive!
Luke 23:34
I believe that in this time of Good Friday that commemorates
the Passion and Death of Jesus, what is folly to men is utterly wise to
God. It seems so illogical for us to
forgive sins and to embrace the cross as means of salvation or attaining life.
I could only give witness to the Eucharist as the instrument
for the forgiveness of sins. Because in
yesterday’s liturgy of the Last Supper and washing of the feet, the whole
Eucharist is paralleled with the saving and condemning judgment of God. Just as the angel of death passed over those
whose doors were marked by the blood of the lamb while killing the first borns
of all the others, so too in every Eucharist, the Lord passes by and grants
salvation to all those who partake in the supper of the Lord.
Blessed Eucharist! We are forgiven each moment we celebrate
it; we are saved! We are saved by Jesus,
but why? There could only be one
explanation: because he willed it so! It
was his solemn oath to forgive us and grant us life. Jesus said, “A new
command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
another. 35 By
this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Moreover, he says, “My command is this: Love
each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down
one’s life for one’s friends.”
Finally, Jesus says, “ You
did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and
bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the
Father will give you. 17 This
is my command: Love each other.”
Jesus simply wills us to forgive; as he has
forgiven us so may we forgive one another.
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