Poem for Holy Week

In his book Cry of Jesus, Cry of the Oppressed, Jose Comblin writes: Then Jesus cries out. It is a cry of freedom. A cry of hope. A cry of handing over. It is a cry of giving back. Giving back all his work, his dreams, his love, life, breath, spirit. It is a cry of pain and agony. It is a cry of resistance to evil. It is a cry against violence and death . . . That cry tears loose anything that holds back God or the kingdom of God from coming among us . . . It is a cry layered and fraught with meaning. It is a cry to God for justice, for security, for defense and for faithfulness that will not be undone by others' hate and persecution. It is a cry of anguish for all that was lost, for all life that was torn to shreds, all that life denied to others, all that hope cast away.. It is the Cry of Mercy being poured out and Mercy being caught up into the arms of the Father. It is the Cry of God when we don't see Him."