MAKE CHRIST KNOWN TO THE WORLD

We all have to understand and believe, that our Blessed Lord, Jeus Christ was not crucified in a cathedral, between two lit candles, with the organ playing and the congregation singing Gregorian Chant … but, Jesus was crucified in the world, on a roadway, in a town garbage heap at the crossroads.

There were three languages written on the coss; they were Latin, Hebrew and Greek, but they could have just as well been English, Russian or Chinese. It would make no difference, Jesus placed Himself at the very centre of the world, in the midst of smut and thieves and soldiers and gamblers, but they could have just as well been drug pushers, world politicians or sex maniacs. It would make no difference.

He was there, and is still there, to extend pardon to them. This is the vocation of all Christians; priests and laity, to make Christ known in the world.