Holy Week Holy Week Holy Week is a time of great penance and reflection. It is the most important time to reflect on Jesus’s approach to the Cross. As Jesus’s Passion approaches, it is a time to reflect on what He did for me, for my family, for the World. How Jesus willingly chose to go through torture, humiliation, and execution for all of us, knowing that many would turn their backs on Him. I think about the twelve Apostles and their last week with Jesus before His Crucifixion on Good Friday. I will contemplate the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Scourging at the Pillar, and the rest of the sorrowful mysteries. Like St Ignatius of Loyola suggests : I will try to imagine being at these actual places and take part in what happened. Look at Jesus’s hands as He turns the simple bread into His Body. Watch His hands as He holds the chalice of wine and turns it into His Blood. Watch Jesus wash the feet of His Apostle’s ; always teaching us through His Word and His action’s. Imagine the way Jesus felt knowing that Judas was going to betray him for thirty pieces of silver. Can you imagine? Betray your Creator, whom you just spent the last three years of your life with ?
To be honest, every time I commit a sin, I betray Jesus! Every time I sin, I added a lash to His Scourging. Every time I sin, Jesus sweated a tear of blood because of me. Every time I sin, I struck a nail through His hand’s and His feet. Every time I sin, I pierce our Lord through His precious side! Let me never forget dear Lord that you carried and assumed all of my personal sins onto yourself!
Jesus, in His human nature literally took all of the sins of mankind into and onto His body. Can you imagine the weight of all of mankind’s sins ; past, present, and future? I have a hard time living with my own sin’s, never mind someone else’s. Think about it. Can you imagine carrying around someone else’s sin’s? Jesus didn’t just do it for those who love Him. Jesus chose to take the sins of those who hate him to! Thank you Jesus!
