In the words of Karl Rahner, in the agony of Gethsemane and at the crucifixion, Jesus lets himself “sink into the incomprehensibility of God.” He surrenders to God whom he cannot at that moment feel or understand but only trust. Here’s where Good Friday turns from bad to good, Jesus surrenders himself not in bitterness, grasping, or anger, but in trust, gratitude, and forgiveness. In that surrender, the struggle between good and evil, the most epic of all battles, is won.
--Fr. Ron Rolheiser OMI,
Facebook, Good Friday, 4/19/19
Image source: Giovanni Bellini, Agony in the Garden (ca. 1459-1465), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agony_in_the_Garden_%28Bellini%29#/media/File:Giovanni_Bellini_-_Orazione_nell'orto.jpg
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