We Are the Providence of God
a Good Friday homily
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“My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
We snag on this line. But the prayer, Christ’s seamless garment, unfolds:
You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him;
stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
For he did not despise or abhor
the affliction of the afflicted;
he did not hide his face from me,
but heard when …
