Monthly Reflection - April 2015 - ‘Do you believe?’
Recently I was
reading the passage from the Bible from John 19:35-37, and a particular passage
made me think a lot. The passage is about the death of Jesus…
The
man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he
tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things
happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will
be broken,” and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they
have pierced.”
Do you believe
that Jesus died on the cross for you? Do you believe that your sins where nailed
to the cross?
Whatever Jesus
did, whatever Jesus said, it all depends if we believe it or not. Whatever
Jesus did and said, it was for all humankind… for everyone… for you in a
personal way. The question is ‘Do you believe?’
The important
issue here is that to believe in the cross, is to believe in the meaning of it.
According to the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," the Crucifixion
represents the ultimate sacrifice and a gift from God to humankind. Because
humans had repeatedly sinned and broken covenants, the only proper atonement
was the sacrifice of God's own son, poetically described as "the Lamb of
God, who takes away the sins of the world." In an official (encyclical)
letter to Catholics in 2013, Pope Francis explained that the death of Jesus
demonstrated the love of Christ for all people, and that "at the hour of
Christ's Crucifixion" it was clear that "the depth and breadth of
God's love shone forth."
So, let us
enrich our faith, let us believe in the cross.
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