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In some faiths the Cross emblem has Jesus still attached to it; others show an empty Cross representing the Messiah as risen from the dead; His work is finished. TD
. . . "Christ praying in the most agonizing solitude in the Garden of Olives — his disciples had fallen asleep. He was also alone in the unjust and savage trial. He carried the cross alone, with only Simon of Cyrene to help him. He was alone during the scourging, and alone at the end, atop the cross; although it must be acknowledged that the presence of the Virgin Mary — and Saint John and the holy women — was more numerous than any human crowd.
"On the cross, Jesus knew himself to be so alone that he even stopped addressing men with words for the first time. It is true that he spoke to the good thief and to the Virgin Mary and her disciple, but the rest of the words spoken on the Cross seemed destined for Heaven, as if they were no longer of this world. Even his “I thirst” can be interpreted only as the final step in fulfilling his promise; but it is to God the Father that he asks why He has abandoned him, to whom he asks forgiveness for his executioners, and to whom he speaks to entrust his spirit into His hands.
"It is as if, at that crucial moment in the history of salvation, what truly mattered was now only between the Son and the Father. Even so, Jesus has not forgotten humanity; for each and every one of them, he is receiving this pain. So when a soldier offers him a sponge soaked in vinegar, he drinks from it; it is his silent way of accepting such a pious service in the midst of his agony.
"His cries, his gestures, and his words are already reaching Heaven, at the moment of the consummation of the greatest of sorrows, the greatest of injustices, the great sin that suddenly shrouded the earth in darkness; a sin that, moreover, was also yours and mine." . . . Full article here...
A blue-eyed Jesus is anachronistic, but at least he wasn't blonde in this video. TD
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