10 April 2009 Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion (B) - Red
First
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 31 "Father, into your hands, I commend my spirit."
Second
Gospel: John 18:1 – 19:42
A SAGA OF LOVE
Jesus Christ is dead. This is the mystery of Good Friday. We come together as one family and reflect on the death of Christ on the cross. We wonder and adore the wood of the cross on which hung the Savior of the world. But let us not focus our reflection for this afternoon on the very sad and inhumane death that the Lord has experienced. Let us focus ourselves on the very essence of Good Friday - LOVE.
Jesus' death on the cross demonstrated his immense love for all of us. He died the most inhumane and excruciating death on the cross as compensation for our sins. Jesus Christ was a ransom - the worthy lamb - for our sins, debts and failures. He knew that he was leaving. He didn't want to leave his disciple orphans. And so on the cross, Jesus gave us Mary, her Mother, to be our Mother. "Woman, behold your Son," Jesus uttered to John the Beloved. John represented all of us - humanity. He told John, "Behold your Mother." Jesus entrusted all of us to the care of her Mother, our Mother.
To end our reflection, let's turn to Jesus and his great love for us. I have come across a song that moved me so much. This is the perfect example of Jesus' love song for us on the cross. The words of the song are so impactful that they ought to summarize the entirety of Jesus' suffering on the cross. Even without speaking these words, Jesus wants us to know that his death will bring forth life. Such was the intensity of the song that it made me remember Jesus crucified on the cross uttering, his brethren, as his final message of hope and love, the following words:
Hindi ka kailangang magbago kahit ito'y mas ibig ko
Hindi ka kailangang magsikap ng husto upang ika'y ibigin ko.
Iniibig kita, manalig ka sana
Ako'y kapiling mo kahit ako ma'y mapalayo.
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