Today there is an eerie silence. The deed has been done, and we are left to reflect on the events of this past week and our participation in it. We who call ourselves disciples find ourselves reckoning with our betrayals, our denials, our abandonment of the Lord for our own self-preservation. We who were casual followers of him found ourselves calling for his crucifixion and for the release of Barabbas. We found ourselves among the mocking crowd.
But here we are like the Roman centurion, reflecting on these events, realizing that truly this was the Son of God, and that we have put him to death. How could we have done this? Isn't it the case that after every human atrocity we ask ourselves this question, only to find ourselves engaged in another atrocity not long thereafter? Even now we find ourselves watching our modern day chief priests and religions rabble evoke bloodlust upon immigrants, migrants, refugees, foreigners of all kind and upon those who care for them.
Today, however, we must reflect like the Roman centurion, and commit ourselves to a different course of action. We are conscious of our failures. It is for us to repent and to reform. Today we resolve to stand with the Lord, to be present at the tomb no matter the risks. Today we stand with the poor and vulnerable, with those who are mocked and deprived of human dignity. For they are Christ now among us, and we cannot abandon them, we must not abandon them.
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