Reflection On Mark 14: 1-15: 47 / Mark 15: 1-39

Today, Palm Sunday, we enter into the Holy Week. The readings remind us of the passion and death of our Savior. Today and throughout the week we do well to reflect on the passion of the Lord, on the price He paid for our redemption. The Gospel speaks in detail about the passion of the Lord. The reading of these details should help us to understand better the gravity of our sins which caused these sufferings, the immensity of the love of the Lord has for us which made Him willingly undergo these sufferings, and how we should be careful not to add to His sufferings through our sins.
A time when millions of minds will be focused upon the last hours of the earthly life of Jesus; time to engrave in our hearts with greater clarity the image of a God who is with us, who doesn’t find anything human alien, a servant God who washes our feet and heals our wounds; an obedient God who listens and responds to His Father in love. Yet an aspect that stands out so sharply is the nature of the obedience of Jesus. For Jesus, obedience is a listening in love to God, the beloved Father. In this listening there is neither a moment of distance nor fear, or hesitation no doubt, but only the unconditional and unrestrained love that comes from the Father. Jesus’ response to this love is likewise unconditional, unlimited and unrestrained. We will misunderstand Jesus’ going into the world of suffering and pain and His giving Himself as a servant id we perceive these actions as the heroic initiatives of a son who wants to prove Himself to a Father whose love has to be earned, or as the anxious fulfillment of a command given by a Father whose will must be respected. Rather we see in these actions a divine listening to a divine love, a loving response to a loving mission and a free Yes to a free command.
Questions to ponder:
Are we willing to do God’s work?
Are we desire to fulfill His commands?
Do we obey Him all time? Like Jesus did?

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