Good Friday Thoughts on the cross of Jesus

Good Friday Thoughts on the cross of Jesus

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As the cross is made of two pieces of heavy wood, my mind is immersed in two heavy thoughts on the cross of Jesus. The vertical piece of the cross is the relation to God as it stays vertically; the horizontal piece symbolizes the human nature, as it is parallel to the earth. Many interpret the two dimensions of the cross in this way.

The same divine and human aspects of the Cross of Jesus come to my mind in this Good Friday. How Jesus faced the cross? What was his mind setup then? Such questions come one after another in my head.

In the spirituality we are tuned to the picture of a Jesus, who was weakened by the brutalities of the roman soldiers and the opponent Jews. A poor man, who kept silence in front of the injustice. A human side of Jesus is depicted here.

The pride and the innocence of Jesus were revealed to degradation as his clothes were removed in front of a public.

He was denied some drops of water at his last moments…

What he hears is only denouncements and rejection even in that last hours.

A poor man who cries to God the Father in condemnations?

All these human sides of Jesus are nothing when I meditate on his Power.

In all these bitter moments He was powerful as earlier.

He was sure of his, this moment. Actually he took the human form in order to pass through these situations too. But He was very sure that it was not an end. It is only a stage in his mission.
Or it was only a start. A divine start of something new and divine.

For this divine cause he was willing to offer everything.

Jesus stood in front of the Courts and unjust accusations unmoved, because he was sure of his mission. He was sure of the plan of God the father.

Yes, at last this divine side of Jesus is victorious… We will celebrate it as his resurrection.

Jesus teaches me this truth again and again: There is a cross and suffering behind every resurrection.

My mind is clear now…

I know why he was silent..

I know the value of his cross…

I know how he got his power for these moments…

Let us look at his cross… Let us stop crying for him…He doesn’t want it for him… He asks from us a powerful mind… a powerful faith… to stand against injustice… to fight for the Life…in silence!

- Fr Thomas Kalathil