On Approaching Holy Week and the Cross
A week before Palm Sunday, and Holy Week, we are again approaching our encounter with the Cross. We are again approaching our close encounter with the Cross of Our Lord Jesus, Him being nailed to it. As the Epistle to the Hebrews (which we heard on Ash Wednesday) continues to teach us in Lent: we are ever to look to Jesus as the pioneer and perfector of our faith; to look upon Him as He endures the Cross.
It is in this way that the purpose of Lent becomes clear: we are to understand ourselves as always in need of a Savior. Thus the purpose of Lent is to reject any way of thinking that thinks…
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