We know what the world means by 'passion.' It is what gets a PG-13 movie rated R. It's what gets your teenager into trouble....well, maybe it gets folks of every age into trouble.That's not the kind of passion we are talking about this week. Holy Week is about a passion rooted in deep love and linked to suffering: a pouring out, a hard to imagine sacrifice, and a gift for the world.
Jesus' mission in this world was to love it into life. It took death to accomplish this. Jesus also understood that death is a reality we will all face; now we can face it in trust and expectation. But just like Jesus, the glory of God lies just on the other side of the ending we call death. God calls it a new beginning. Blessed Holy Week.
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