The public spectacle of the crucifixion; it was an event that
drew out the masses, so they could participate in the
condemnation; they joined the crowd, the mob, like people
still do today.
People are terrified of standing out from the crowd,
most people align themselves with whatever the political
correct narrative says at any given time, without reflecting,
they just take it onboard, and then afterwards they believe that
it comes from themselves, not realizing that their beliefs was
simply downloaded from outside them.
"This and that is "good,
cool, attractive", this and that is "bad, old fashioned or stupid".
I grew up in the 60s and 70s, it was a time of a great shift in
the world, "out with the old and in with the new", so to speak,
everybody demanding liberation and emancipation, always at
somebody else's cost, but this self centered culture took foothold
everywhere.
Personal happiness and fulfillment was "the meaning of life".
Eastern philosophies were brought to the West in a big way, and
personal psychotherapy became the norm for everybody.
Looking for peace and stability in ways outside of ourselves, open
to manipulation by a massive industry of "well being", which is
business like all other businesses; they are there to make money.
But the way our integrated nature functions is the other way
around.
The only way "out" is in. By living the interior authentic life
we have what it takes to be truly liberated. By fully
accepting our restraints and even sometimes the feeling of
being a captive, a prisoner, by always uniting ourselves to
Jesus; true God and true Man, we find true freedom, and
genuine healing.
Healing from all our fears and all our wounds.
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.
When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy
went and sold all he had and bought that field.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking
for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went
away and sold everything he had and bought it."
We are the field in which the treasure is buried.
We have the precious Pearl of Life inside us;
The Kingdom of God.
Jesus is our brother, our teacher, our ever present friend.
He laid down His entire life for us, what do we give back
in turn?
Also; do we fully realize that each one of us is also going
to die? And that we have to account for our life?
Do we prepare for this?
Getting old is dying gradually, our bodies and minds lose
their strength, and many people are afraid of the ultimate
death, because at the end of the day they believe in a
judgement, and although it is a brutal and painful event
for the loved ones left behind, physical
death is the birth into real life; the same way as childbirth
is painful, and can be traumatic also for the baby, as it's
entry into this sphere necessitates being
squeezed through a narrow channel.
But a seed, which contains the full potential inside it,
has to die, in order for it to come to life; to unfold and
to flourish, it has to be buried in the ground so the plant
inside it may come to life.
"Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the
ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it
dies, it produces many seeds."
John 12: 24
There are many references made to seeds in the Bible.
Jesus spoke in parables:
The Parable of the Growing Seed:
"He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.
A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether
he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he
does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain—
first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the
head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it,
because the harvest has come.”
Mark 4:26-29
The Parable of the Mustard Seed:
"Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like,
or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard
seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted,
it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such
big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
Mark 4:30-32
From that we see that in dying and being buried, we are not "dead";
as in non-existent, no more, but we are asleep.
The word cemetery comes from Greek, which means dormitory;
a resting place where people sleep.
And the dead will hear His voice;
"Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the
dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live."
John 5:25
The sperm that falls from a man as he ejaculates, is the seed that
contains life.
Being buried in the earthly body of a woman it has all the potential
to create a new life.
Catholics must follow and unite themselves to Jesus in everything:
His life, His suffering and in His death.
In everyday situations to train ourselves to throw off our habitual
self-centered selfishness; "to die to ourselves", to bind ourselves
entirely to Our Lord, become One with Him.
I that way we diminish, and He grows, in us.
"He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less."
John 3:30
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also
in me.
My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have
told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go
and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with
me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place
where I am going.”
John 14: 1- 4
Sometimes we feel neglected and abandoned, but even
God Himself felt abandoned as He hung on the Cross;
"About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”
(which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Matthew 27:46
Fruit of the Mystery: A greater love for God and for souls.
May the grace of this mystery come into our souls.
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