Friday April 14
“An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.” (Edmund Burke). The event in question today is Death. Not an ordinary death, but the death of the Son of God. A seemingly useless, unnecessary death that could have been avoided. If only he had been careful, more prudent, had compromised a little! A seemingly wasted life and a wasted death. Only seemingly. Because the final words of Jesus reveal something precious: “It is accomplished.” So, his death was an accomplishment. What is accomplished through his death? His Mission. The purpose for which he was born. Reconciliation of sinful humanity with God. Our redemption.
Can one death mean so much? His death does. There was a Death, certainly, but it was a birthing as well. With sorrow and gratitude, let us look on him whom we have pierced. For his death has birthed us into new life.