Good Friday
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Look at the Cross, Look at the Angels
Two verses before John 3:16, the best known verse of the Bible, Jesus says he will be like the snake Moses lifted up (John 3:14). Jesus alludes here to the Old Testament story where the Israelites were bitten by snakes because of their disobedience. God tells Moses to make a bronze snake, put it up… Continue reading
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Good Friday: Blood and Glory
Today, Good Friday, our thoughts turn to the cross and the utter ugliness contained in this horrific image. How can we possibly meditate upon it at any length? I mean a whole-hearted meditation? It’s too demonic to behold for for very long. Could we look at a “Gerber baby” nailed there, the iron ripping its… Continue reading