~ INTRODUCTION ~

~ THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN ~ BETRAYAL OF JUDAS ~ THE TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN ~

~ THE DENIAL OF PETER ~ THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE ~ THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR ~

 ~ THE CONDEMNATION BY PILATE ~JESUS CARRIES HIS CROSS ~ JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS ~

~ JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS ~ JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS ~ THE EMPTY TOMB ~

~ FULL VERSION ~

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From the Gospel according to Saint Luke. 23:22-25

A third time Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise him and release him”. But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

MEDITATION

It was not the rightness of an issue that mattered to Pilate, but his professional interests. Such an attitude did not help him, either in this case or in his later career. He was so unlike Jesus, whose inner rectitude made him fearless.

Nor was Pilate interested in the truth. He walks away from Jesus exclaiming, “What is truth?”[1] Such indifference to truth is not uncommon these days. People are often concerned about what gives immediate satisfaction. They are content with superficial answers. Decisions are made based not on principles of integrity, but on opportunistic considerations. Failing to make morally responsible options damages the vital interests of the human person, and of the human family. We pray that the “spiritual and ethical concepts” contained in the word of God will inspire the living norms of society in our times.[2]