Evening: Psalm 119:25-48; Mark 15:1-11
In Jesus’ final hours, how silent he is! Pilate asks, “Are you the King?” He responds simply, “You say so.” To accusations brought by religious leaders, Jesus says nothing. John’s Gospel calls Jesus “the Word”, so his silence is striking. Perhaps Jesus’ silence speaks powerfully about who he is … that he embodies the Word, and is the Living Word whose actions tell their own story? He goes to suffering and death without argument or protest. Perhaps his silence is somehow the strongest antidote there is for the poisonous human brokenness that leads us to crucify those we disagree with?
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