It’s a first in world history: an online Holy Week for millions of people, even in Vatican City, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rappler presents a series of reflections to help you, our reader, enter the spirit of Holy Week even in quarantine.Jesus was the son of a carpenter and an ordinary woman – poor Galilean parents.
To achieve this He preached, organized and mobilized people. He did all this by immersion, He lived with the people, as He was the God made flesh and dwelt among His own people . He recruited disciples and formed the core group, the apostles. He defied authorities, smashed the influential religion and threatened the status quo. When told to go away in the name of King Herod, Jesus replied, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow…’” . He cleansed the temple, actually turned it messy, and admonished the church authorities for making it a den of robbers . He comforted the sick and the afflicted, raised the dead .
The elders of Jerusalem, the Sanhedrin sensed that Jesus was doing political work and threatened their positions and interests. His death, therefore, was politically motivated and he was guilty of rebellion and sedition and the highest provocation he did was when he entered the city of Jerusalem with a protest march, riding on a donkey to dramatize the people’s need for freedom from the Roman Empire and its puppets.
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