Don't rush to Sunday. Don't minimize suffering by hurrying off to happy endings.
Spend some time today reflecting on the reality of pain in your life, in the lives of people around you, and in the life of the world. It's not all yours to bear, of course, but it is very real and we must acknowledge it.
Jesus did not run away from it or deny it, but became someone in pain—pain from violence, pain in abandonment, pain from injustice. Through it all Jesus cursed neither God nor man. Are we following Jesus there?
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