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Bible Reading: Luke 23:44-49

“It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

Reflection: In Jesus’s death, even creation responded – the sun stopped shining. Imagine that! Think of how eerie it would have been for darkness to descend in the middle of the day. How would you respond? How do you respond, as you consider the weight of this moment in history? Stop for a moment, and ponder.

Pray: Jesus, your suffering and death tore the barrier, the curtain, between regular and holy apart. You made relationship and closeness with God accessible for all. The weight and cost of the moment even caused the sun to stop shining! Only you, the perfect one, could pay this ultimate price once and for all. Thank you! What more can we say?

 

Adapted from Walking the Way of the Cross, Serenity in Suffering https://serenityinsuffering.com/praying-the-biblical-stations-of-the-cross/