Pseudo-Homilies from a Layman -5- Holy Friday
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Of all the possible topics to explore in this richly detailed account of the Passion, today I’d like to dwell on the words of Jesus who, when interrogated, maintains a superior, almost defiant attitude. One of the guards slaps Jesus in the face to punish his insolence, exclaiming: «Is this the way you answer the high priest?» And Jesus, evidently unfazed, replies: «If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?” Here he is, Jesus the young protester (!), in whom – unworthily and recklessly – I have always identified. Since I was…
