Let us look at the question: "Where were you when they crucified my Lord?"
The above should be seen as an exhortation towards self-examination. The examination of ones conscience. A self examination which prepares one to respond to the question when it is encountered in ones being. The crucifixion is a two pronged metaphor: the injustices that people face, as well as those who subject others--their bodies, minds and indeed the souls to strife. Everything else follows from here. The crucifixion in the christian thought happens every time a grave injustice is done; injustices where dignity is stripped away, wills are forced, rapaciousness, and mayhem is loosed upon the weak, those with less reach. It happens daily. The conscience asks this question of the Christian every time ones core becomes aware that something egregious had come to pass, and ones place in that injustice. The core can be ignored but the question comes up--it is always asked. The conscience also asks the same question of others, and I presume on the following lines: In your being and knowing, did you not see their plight? There is an obvious, and not oblivious aspect in play here. So the question is a yardstick, a plumb line, a spirit level if you will--towards a consideration for ones fellows. ++++++++++++ My original post: We should be men and women first and subject afterwards. --Henry David Thoreau Please share this video amongst yourselves and with those who remain confused of what the Church/ a church is capable of. This is based not on what it could do, but what it has already done and continues albeit sporadically now. A forgetfulness of its mandate, often even by the simplest shepherd--the parish priest. Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord? http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/where_were_you_when_they_crucified_my_lord_20111209/?l<http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/where_were_you_when_they_crucified_my_lord_20111209/?ln> +++++++++++++ venantius h pinto --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
