“Pilate was amazed that he was already dead.” Why should Pilate be amazed? He had Jesus viciously scourged. Did he misjudge how close to death Our Lord already was after this scourging? Perhaps. But perhaps we ought to remember Our Lord’s words from the cross, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” What would St. Dismas have thought to have heard His voice? Would he have recalled the Song of Solomon: “The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.” Christ the bridegroom doesn’t walk. No, He runs to his beloved, calling each of us by name as He does so. The bridegroom calls in the Song, “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
Good Friday
Good Friday
Good Friday
“Pilate was amazed that he was already dead.” Why should Pilate be amazed? He had Jesus viciously scourged. Did he misjudge how close to death Our Lord already was after this scourging? Perhaps. But perhaps we ought to remember Our Lord’s words from the cross, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” What would St. Dismas have thought to have heard His voice? Would he have recalled the Song of Solomon: “The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.” Christ the bridegroom doesn’t walk. No, He runs to his beloved, calling each of us by name as He does so. The bridegroom calls in the Song, “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;