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April 2009 Blog Posts (24)

Lent 17 Pondering the Meaning of the Cross During Holy Week, First Day

Lent 17 Pondering the Meaning of the Cross During Holy Week, First Day

In Jesus’ time the Cross was used by the Roman Empire as an instrument of fear and death. Only Rome had the authority to exact capital punishment and the cross became the preferred form used for non-Romans because of its public agony and personal humiliation. Roman citizens however, were seen as being above all non-Romans. So they, except in extreme cases of treason, were subjected to more ‘honorable’ forms of… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on April 5, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Lent 16 The Cross and Beyond

Lent 16 The Cross and Beyond

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”---Mt.16:24

There is no configuration of lines, figures or symbols that embraces existence like the Cross. It points to two realities, the seen and the unseen. What we take in with our eyes is the horizontal dimension of the physical universe in all its grandeur, the cross beam. What we take in with our hearts is from the unseen, that which motivates us,… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on April 4, 2009 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Lent 15 When It All Starts Getting Personal

Lent 15 Matt.5;11

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in Heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Now is when the full impact of the Beatitudes, their progressive buildup, climaxes in the individual heart. Up until now they have been objectified in the third person, ‘blessed are those.’ It is as though Jesus… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on April 2, 2009 at 11:14am — No Comments

Lent 14 When the World Turns Against You

Lent 14 Matt.5;10

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Righteousness, being right with God, self and others, will lead to some kind of persecution be it open or subtly disguised. Faith that makes one peaceful within can be a threat because it defies being controlled by the usual secular forces. Faith builds integrity and integrity builds confidence in spite of circumstance. This progression is part of the heart… Continue

Added by HKHaugan on April 1, 2009 at 11:15am — 1 Comment