HERE IS THE MAN. HERE IS YOUR KING.

PRAYER MOMENT 

Good Friday 3 April 2015

HERE IS THE MAN. HERE IS YOUR KING.

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said, “Here is the man. … Here is your king.” (John 18:1-19:42)

Reflection. When Lord Edward Fitzgerald, not a noticeably religious person, lay dying in prison, betrayed, his wounds unattended, he turned to the passion story in John’s gospel. He had been a member of the ruling class but had a political conversion and became a leader of the rebellion in Ireland against Britain in 1798. His is one of countless instances where a person struggles to follow the truth whatever the consequences. On Good Friday we remember the betrayal and death of Truth himself. Jesus entered into this human struggle for authenticity, for truth. He lived his whole life witnessing to the truth, showing the compassion of God for all those who were victims of the opposite of truth; falsehood in all its forms.

Prayer. Lord, on this Good Friday, we want to spend time with you on Calvary. We weep for ourselves and the world today. Give us a new heart to struggle against the evil in ourselves and in the world. Amen.

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