Do we really understand what happened on that day we call "Good" Friday? Do we understand the Father's pain in watching Jesus, His Son, die, and in the loss of all who died in their sins, separated from Him? - Neal Lozano, Abba's Heart
I cannot help but recall Fr. Richard John Neuhaus' reflections from Death on a Friday Afternoon, on which I have written so often as I read during past Lenten seasons. I'm not sure I've ever fully made this link between the Father's heartbreak over his Son and over us. These two lines by themselves don't make this connection very well, of course, but this section of the book does.
I keep finding myself coming back to the initial thought at the front of the book. It has become my go-to thought in my traditional times of temptation, over which I have never had lasting victory and freedom. I am finding that this tangible reminder of my Father's love for me, in the form of a question to which I have consistently known the answer - Dad, do you love me? - has been the answer that my soul needs: a love from which I never want to separate myself.
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