Passion Sunday; or, Trashing the Decor

[hapaxnym]

And the curtain of the Temple was torn in two, from the top to the bottom.  (Mark 15:38)

Today is Passion Sunday, aka Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, when we stand in silence and listen to the Passion story.

This was the penultimate line from the Gospel reading, and it occurred to me, as I listened, how utterly threatening it was.

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Comments

[girasole]

Thoughtful, deeply felt. Lucidly expressed. I send love, and thanks.

[nenya_kanadka]

What if I go in, and I'm not who You wanted to see?

What if I go in, and You're different from what I expected?

What if I go in, and there's Nobody there?

*shivers*

I'm not sure these are questions I've been allowed (or allowed myself) to ask...but they're always, always there.