Let's face it: It looks like the bad guys are winning. Where is God? Is there no heavenly response on the horizon? Believing that love of God and love of neighbor are one and the same, what am I being asked to do?
As my soul so regularly confronts the reality of evil, I am pushed to enter more deeply into God's mysterious response. During these corrupt and violent times, the nonviolent love of Jesus has something to say to us. Somehow, the power of the crucifixion is God's counterintuitive response to evil. As the Sept. 14 feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross approaches, now is a good time to reflect on this mystery.
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