Good Friday, indeed

The imagery of the crucifixion has made the Christian mind prone to dark fantasies and violent imagination. But what it really means is simply this: God, in human form, took the worst of human suffering upon Himself. 

The cross is liberation. No matter what we go through, our pain has been felt. 

Christ died to testify that God is suffering with us. He poured his life out for us to save us from our deepest fear: pain and death do not mean that we are being punished. We have always been safe. We have always been loved.

His blood is the living witness to this covenant.

To realize this is to be forgiven.

A cross, half seen
bread oozing blood

arrived