Thursday, April 06, 2006
Lenten Reading for Thursday, Fifth Week of Lent
Today's reading comes from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 23, verse 34:
Luke 23:34 is one of those sayings of Jesus' which I think can be used as a summation of his entire life and teachings. If we only knew this one verse from the bible, and followed it to perfection, we could reach enlightenment in this lifetime.
Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."To me, this is one of Jesus' difinitive statements. If only I could live my life at a fraction of this level of Saintliness, I'd be garanteed a place in eterity. The guy is hanging on a cross, in the most excruciating pain a person can endure, and he asks God to forgive the people doing it to him. The only recent thing I can think of to parallel this is when Dick Chaney shot that guy in the face and the guy came on TV to appologize to Chaney for all the problems it caused the VP... But that's a whole different can of worms...
Luke 23:34 is one of those sayings of Jesus' which I think can be used as a summation of his entire life and teachings. If we only knew this one verse from the bible, and followed it to perfection, we could reach enlightenment in this lifetime.
