tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964181701383998385.post1460701372454550994..comments2023-10-15T09:12:38.930-05:00Comments on Old Fashioned Girl: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434201341448186460noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1964181701383998385.post-39714814291721382112013-02-21T08:09:13.797-06:002013-02-21T08:09:13.797-06:00Hi Kimberly!
Thanks for the comment - I found thi...Hi Kimberly!<br /><br />Thanks for the comment - I found this passage from the vatican website (http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/alpha/data/aud19881130en.html) helpful: <br /><br /> Therefore on Calvary it came natural to Jesus to make use of<br /> the psalmist's question to God when he felt completely worn<br /> out by suffering. But on Jesus' lips the "why" addressed to <br /> God was also more effective in expressing a pained bewilderment<br /> at that suffering which had no merely human explanation, but <br /> which was a mystery of which the Father alone possessed the key. <br /> Therefore, though arising from the memory of the Psalm read <br /> or recited in the synagogue, the question contained a theological <br /> significance in regard to the sacrifice whereby Christ, in full <br /> solidarity with sinful humanity, had to experience in himself <br /> abandonment by God. Under the influence of this tremendous interior <br /> experience, the dying Jesus found the energy to utter that cry!<br /> <br /> In that experience, in that cry, in that "why" addressed to <br /> heaven, Jesus also established a new manner of solidarity with <br /> us who are so often moved to raise our eyes and words to heaven <br /> to express our complaint and even desperation.<br /><br /><br />Ultimatly, we have no way to understand the horific sensation brought about by having the sins of the world put upon Christ as he was on the cross. The bodily pain was incredible - the spiritual pain must have been even greater. <br /> <br />That shows us clearly how much God loves us.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434201341448186460noreply@blogger.com