On the Cusp of Holy Week

Here we are on the edge of Holy Week - preparing to celebrate the Paschal Triduum - the heart of the church's Liturgical year.
On Palm / Passion Sunday we gather hearing the account of Jesus'  triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and then we hear of the abandonment by his disciples, the brutal passion and the suffocating crucifixion & death.

If you had been there on that terrible and frightening evening in the garden, or in the courtyard of Pilate, or standing along the way to the hill of crucifixion, or even looking on at Jesus, tortured, crowned, and pierced with nails as he strangled on the cross, ...
If you had been there, what would you have done?
Would you have stood still while Judas kissed him?
Would you have followed the mob who took Jesus into the courtyard?
Would you have denied knowing him?
What would you have yelled out? "Crucify him!"  or  
"We want Barrabas"?
If you saw Jesus fall three times, would you have come forward to help carry his cross?
Would you have looked down or turned away, lest you be dragged into helping this Jesus?
Honestly, what would you have done for Jesus that day?


Come and walk with Jesus this week. 
Be there with him, for yourself, on Holy Thursday, on Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. Pray and stay close to him. 
This week you have another chance. 
Peace