"On a Pilgrimage" - 2014 Online Lenten Retreat
This is Post #13 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditati...on a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 12:
JESUS DIES - DEATH
From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. ~ Matthew 27:45-46, 50
Jesus asks: “Have you ever felt completely forsaken like I did?”
Even for those who believe in the afterlife, death is scary. In fact most of us spend our entire lives fighting it in one way or another: medicine, nutrition, exercise, etc. Death seems especially tragic when it claims a young person, when youth and vitality fail suddenly, instead of seeping into old age.
Read the story of Jenna Hinman.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/new-mom-with-cancer-fights-for-life-after-birthing-preemie-twins-191547353.html?vp=1
What makes Jenna’s story especially tragic? Would her death be any less tragic were these elements removed?
How does your faith prepare you for death?See More
This is Post #13 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditati...on a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 12:
JESUS DIES - DEATH
From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. ~ Matthew 27:45-46, 50
Jesus asks: “Have you ever felt completely forsaken like I did?”
Even for those who believe in the afterlife, death is scary. In fact most of us spend our entire lives fighting it in one way or another: medicine, nutrition, exercise, etc. Death seems especially tragic when it claims a young person, when youth and vitality fail suddenly, instead of seeping into old age.
Read the story of Jenna Hinman.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/new-mom-with-cancer-fights-for-life-after-birthing-preemie-twins-191547353.html?vp=1
What makes Jenna’s story especially tragic? Would her death be any less tragic were these elements removed?
How does your faith prepare you for death?See More
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