Every Wednesday throughout Lent we will post a reflection on the upcoming Sunday readings. We hope these help you on your own Lenten journey. This week’s reflection was written by Scott Wasserman, chair of the CFCA governing board.
Suppose you knew for certain that someone was planning to kill you tomorrow. How would you prepare tonight?
Would you flee as far as you could travel as fast as you can? Would you hide where you could never be found?
Would you stock up on weapons, train how to use them, and recruit a bevy of friends to fight for you and protect you?
Flight and fight are natural responses to a threat. However, there is nothing particularly human about them. Rodents and reptiles do the same.
In the Passion account in the readings for Palm Sunday, Jesus knew for certain that unspeakable forces were conspiring to kill him. He knew they had infiltrated even his 12 closest disciples.
In the face of certain enmity and violence, he chose neither flight nor fight. He chose a third way, the uniquely human way of nonviolent love for enemies. Read more
