The Way of the Cross

Jesus, our Saviour did not rebel, oppose or justify himself,  to the false
accusations, torture and death on a cross that his tormentors and enemies
subjected Him to.

When I meditate on the 14 Stations on the Cross every Friday these facts
becomes alive in a here-and-now personal way that opens me up.

To not react when we are being verbally attacked; to not enter into and
participe in a false world of lies that we are so often invited into;
that is really difficult.

To accept that this is the way it is, not to shy away from it, and at the same
time not to participate and fight back, seems impossible, but it isn't.

To not say anything, to keep and remain in the peace of God, seems out of
the reach of human possibility, but it is possible.

In order to unite ourselves with the One who made us, the One who died
for us, it is essential to pray and meditate The Way of the Cross.

We come to realize in a deep and personal way, that this really happened,
and how it came to happen.
We have something to do with it, we are involved.

It is not a commemorative piece, it is active.

It is hard to do, it causes pain.  But it liberates, it stabilizes.

To put it into practice in our daily lives is the biggest difficulty, but Jesus
was clear:

"Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must 
deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."
(Matthew 16, 24)

To be so close to Jesus that we do not forget this instruction in all
those moments
when we are being falsely accused, verbally attacked , scorned, rejected,
lied to, when we are betrayed by disloyal behaviour, when the one closest
to us unites with our enemies against us, when we realize that we were conned,
when people do all this in an effort to"kill" us, that is what is important.

Even the pain of the confinement, because we are, generally speaking, starting
to rebel now, feeling that "enough is enough, we cant take any more".....

Embrace your cross, relax with it, welcome it, surrender to it.