May ilang mga bagay sa ating buhay ang nagdudulot sa atin ng pagkabagabag. May ilang mga bagay na ang dala ay kalungkutan, panghihinayang, o panghihina ng kalooban. There are things that weigh us down; things that bring us sadness and grief; things that break our heart.
What can be more heart-breaking than death?
May hihigit pa ba sa bigat na dulot ng kamatayan?
When death comes, it brings to an end the life we love. It puts to a halt the world we know. It robs us of the relationships we nourished. More often than not, when we face the reality of death, our own or of a loved one, we are brought to our lowest. Oftentimes it engenders the darkest moments of our lives. Sometimes it begets helplessness and hopelessness.
Good Friday reminds us that God died on the cross. God united himself to us in death. Thus, accompanying us in the most serious predicament that we shall have to face. He joined us in our lowest, in the darkest moment of our life. By dying, God joined us in our helplessness, in our hopelessness.
In Jesus Christ, God took upon himself the sting of death and conquered it by rising again. He died alone, but he led us all in rising from the dead.
Namatay ang Diyos. Sinamahan tayo sa kadiliman ng kamatayan. Sinamahan tayo sa hapdi at karimlang dulot ng kawalan. Sinamahan tayo sa pinakamabigat na pagsubok na di maiiwasan nino man. Sinamahan tayo sa kamatayan upang akayin tayo sa kanyang buhay na walang hanggan.
If God willingly joined us in death, the most serious condition in which we can find ourselves, will he not be with us in less weighty challenges in life?
And so with St. Paul we proclaim, nothing can separate us from the love of God. Not even death.
