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My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Dr. Fr. Davis George

During his life time Jesus went around healing the sick; he made the lame walk, the deaf, dumb speak, the blind see and even the dead were brought back to life. He fed over 5000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish. Thousands came to hear him. And yet he was condemned to death and when he carried his cross most of the people deserted him. Those who cried out hosanna on the Palm Sunday cried out “crucify him”. It was Friday, the day after Passover. During the crucifixion some of them struck his head, and knelt down before him to ridicule him. "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." (1 Pt 2:22) and yet they spat on his face and struck him. Even the closest of his disciple Peter denied him three times. Judas betrayed him with a kiss. As a human being Jesus felt abandoned, deserted, forsaken, lonely and betrayed and let down by his own disciples. Even by God. Jesus was on the cross for three hours, from twelve noon to three o’clock. The sky turned dark and black, the darkest day of human history, and even darkness enveloped Jesus’ heart. It was three o’clock on that Friday afternoon and Jesus was coming closer to his death. The Bible tells us that Jesus cried out with a shrieking shout, in almost a scream, in Aramaic, his native tongue. Eloi. Eloi. Lama sabachthani. My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? (Mk 15:33-34) As the Bible says, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us." (Gal 3:13) “He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.” (Rom 4:25)

Sometimes in life, we all feel abandoned by a loved one; betrayed by trusted friend; forsaken by those whom we thought will be a source of encouragement and consolation. As a result we feel disappointed, discouraged and sad and down in the dumps. Divorce also causes brokenness in life. When one parent moves away, a child often feels that he or she has been abandoned by the parent, who not only left the house but left the town as well. We can experience similar feelings due to untimely death of loved ones. When parent gets cancer and dies, the young and the little child often feels abandoned by his mother or father who died. We come across sometimes people who have been married for few years and one of the partners dies. The remaining partner often feels abandoned. Death often causes people to cry out, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”

What can we learn from Jesus’ cry to God?

The first thing we learn is this: it is OK to have feelings and give vent those feelings of abandonment, as Jesus did on the cross. To feel the pain and sadness of being abandoned by God is normal. That is the way God made us, to feel such feelings and to give vent to such feelings. It is OK to feel depressed and abandoned by God.

King David certainly did, when people wanted to kill him. He wrote those classic words in Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? King David was a devout believer in God and clung to God and was loyal to God, but he also felt depressed and abandoned by God. If it was normal and acceptable for God’s King David to give vent to his feelings, and he was the best king in the whole Old Testament, it is certainly normal and acceptable for you and me to feel the same way.

Job certainly did. Job is the most famous person in the Old Testament who is known for his suffering. Job suffered more than any other person in the Old Testament, and he, too, felt abandoned by God, deserted by God, forsaken by God, and he shouted his laments and anger towards God. That was part of humanness, to feel that way. It is OK to feel like Job.

Jesus certainly did. Jesus was the very Son of God, the heart and mind of God in the flesh, and in the moment of the deepest darkness of the land and the deepest darkness of his heart, Jesus felt that God had abandoned him and he shouted his feelings to the heavens. This reveals that Jesus was fully human, and when we have those similar feelings and give vent to those feelings we are fully human as well. “In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear.” (Heb. 5:7-10) “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet was without sin.” (Heb 4:15) So when you have such feelings that God has abandoned you, and you vent those feelings, remember that King David, Job, and Jesus the Son of God felt in the same way. When we lose a father or mother, husband or wife, brother or sister, child or grandchild, or experience any tragedy in our personal lives, we often feel a silent abandonment by God; let us remember that King David, Job and Jesus felt the same way.

The second thing we learn tonight from Jesus’ words is this: even in the worst situations of life, we are to cling to God with both hands as Jesus did. Yes, with both hands. Jesus’ darkest hour with darkness all around him and within him, Jesus still clung to God with both hands. His left hand said, “My God.” His right hand said, “My God.” Eloi. Eloi. My God, my God, was Jesus clinging to God with both hands in the midst of this horrific situation. Jesus clung to God with all his might during the darkest hour of his life. It is easy to believe in God when life smiles on you, but it is much more difficult to believe in God when life frowns on you. It is easy to believe in God when you are wearing silver slippers and the path is smooth and easy; but it is much more difficult to believe in God when your feet are blistered and the path is rocky. Sometimes, life can be incredibly hard. In the worst and darkest day of human history, Jesus still clung to God with both hands and held onto God. We are to cling to God in our darkest days.

The third thing we learn from Jesus’ word on the cross is that these are not his last words. The drama does not end with his depression and emotional exhaustion. King David wrote the 22nd psalm, “My God my God, why have you forsaken me.” But he also wrote the next psalm, the 23rd psalm, “The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.” The 22nd psalm was not his last word. Job complained to God when he lost all his possessions, his family, everything. He railed against God in his anger, but those were not his last words. He also wrote at the end of his book, “I know that my redeemer lives.” Job’s feelings of abandonment were not his last words. So also with Jesus. “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me,” were not his last words. His last words were cry of victory, “It is accomplished. It is finished. It is done. I have accomplished your will and redeemed the world.”

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By Rising, Jesus Restored Life from Death

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Patt Barnes came upon an old lady selling flowers on a busy city street. The lady’s face was old and wrinkled but radiant with an Easter smile. Taking a flower, Patt paid her and said, “How happy you look this morning.” The flower lady replied. “Why not? Everything is beautiful.” Patt was startled by her reply, because she was dressed so shabbily and seemed so frail. Patt said, “You surely wear your troubles well!” Again, the flower lady’s reply startled Patt: “When Jesus died on Good Friday.” She said, “that was the worst of days. Then, three days later-Easter! So when troubles come my way, I simply wait three days. Then everything gets all right again.” How could I better handle my troubles?

On Easter morning the women went to the tomb where Jesus had been buried. They had a sad task to perform – to complete the embalming of his body. But that was not the only reason they were going to the tomb. They wanted to be near the one who had filled their lives, and whose death plunged them into an inconsolable grief.

We’ve often done the same thing ourselves. When someone we love dies, we find it hard to accept that he/she is gone from us forever. We feel a need to maintain a link with the one who has died. One of the ways we meet this need is by visits to the grave. However, far from easing the pain of our loss, this may exacerbate it. It tends to make the dead even more dead, because nowhere do we become so sure that our loved one is dead as at the grave.

If things had gone as expected that first Easter morning, the women would have embalmed the body of Jesus, closed the tomb again, and come away more convinced than ever that what happened on Friday was not a bad dream but a terrible reality. But things did not go according to plan. At the tomb they met two angels who said to them, why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.’ It was to these faithful women disciples that the Easter message was first given: Jesus is not dead; he is alive. So they must not waste their time looking for him at the tomb.

All of us have stood forlornly in graveyards, where everything speaks of death. Yet it was fitting that it was here, where death seems to reign supreme, that the good news of Jesus’ resurrection was first announced. Do not look for your loved one in the grave. He/she is not there. Jesus overcame death, not just for himself, but for all of us. He is the first to rise from the dead, but we will follow him.

Jesus had no degree yet they called him Teacher; Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master; He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher; Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer; Had no army, yet Kings feared Him; He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world; He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him; He was buried in a tomb, but yet He lives today.

Jesus Paid the Price

Dr. Fr. Davis George

There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Good Friday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply. "What are you going to do with them?" I asked. "Take them home and have fun with them," he answered. "I'm going to tease them and pull out their feathers to make them fight. I'm going to have a real good time" "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?" "Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll let them be eaten by the cats." The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?" "Huh??!!! Why, do you want those birds, mister? They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They aren’t even pretty!" "How much?" the pastor asked again. The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?" The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten-dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone. The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free. Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story.

One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got them all!".”What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked. Satan replied, "Oh, I'm going to have fun! I'm going to teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm going to teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really going to have fun!" "And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll kill them," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked "Oh, you don't want those people. They aren’t any good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!" "How much?" He asked again. Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life." Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He paid the price. The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit.

Seven hundred years before the birth of Christ, Prophets foretold about the suffering and death of the future Messiah. We read in the Bible, The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I turned not backward. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been confounded; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. (Is. 50: 5-7) Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. (Is. 53: 4–7) You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamp without blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. (1 Pt. 1: 18-21) For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you and example that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. (1 Pt. 2: 21-24) Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Is. 55: 6-7)

On this Good Friday let us surrender our lives to Jesus, the Savior of the world who is able to save us from sin and death. Let us return to him with humble and contrite hearts, acknowledging our sinfulness. Jesus said, “I have not come to condemn the world but to save the world.” Again he said, “I have not come to call the virtuous but sinners.” We all have sinned. We all need to repent and change our ways so that we may have life and life in abundance.

Jesus’ death on the Cross was unique: Good Friday Reflections

Dr. Fr. Davis George

Alexander the Great once found his philosopher friend Diogenes standing in a field, looking intently at a large pile of bones. Asked what he was doing, the old man turned to Alexander and replied, "I am searching for the bones of your father Philip, but I cannot seem to distinguish them from the bones of the slaves." Alexander got the point: everyone is equal in death. From the greatest to the least, from the most beautiful to the most ordinary, death is the universal equalizer.

Most of us know the shock and grief that comes with the death of a loved one or colleague: the sense of loss, perhaps numbness or anger, perhaps the realization of our own mortality. Jesus - the King of the Jews, the Messiah, the Son of God - shared the human experience of death. His heart stopped beating, his lungs ceased their constant inhaling and exhaling, and the electrical impulses within his brain slowed and subsided into nothingness.

Each of the Gospel writers describes the event of Jesus' death: "When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit"; "With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last"; "When he had said this, he breathed his last"; "He bowed his head and gave up his spirit" (Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46; John 19:30). But none of the Gospel writers focuses on the physical sufferings of Jesus. Each tells part of the whole horrific story, with his own emphasis and understanding of its significance. The death of Jesus was not only unusual - it was unique.

Jesus shared the common experience of death that we all must encounter. Some die accidentally, others by their own hand; some die deserving death; others unjustly or prematurely - but all die. Yet Jesus' death was unique because it was perfectly timed.

People die in different ways. Sometimes the spirit leaves peacefully while the person is asleep. Sometimes it is violently removed, and there's an agonizing battle as the sufferer struggles frantically to hold onto life. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin died in 1953, and his daughter Svetlana penned this graphic description of his last moments:

"The death agony was horrible . . . At what seemed like the very last moment he suddenly opened his eyes and cast a glance over everyone in the room . . . He suddenly lifted his left hand as though bringing down a curse on us all. The gesture was incomprehensible and full of menace . . . The next moment, after a final effort, the spirit wrenched itself free of the flesh" (Svetlana Alliluyeva, Twenty Letters to a Friend).

Not so with Jesus: "After he took the wine, Jesus said, 'It's done . . . complete.' Bowing his head, he offered up his spirit" (John 19:30, The Message). Even as he hung suspended by Roman nails between earth and heaven, he was in control, bringing his life mission to its ultimate climax. Augustine reminds us that "Jesus gave up his life because he willed it, when he willed it, and as he willed it."

His death was also an act of worship. Throughout his life Jesus pleased his Father. At his baptism heaven opened and God declared, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). To the Jews who persecuted him Jesus said, "I seek not to please myself but him who sent me" (John 5:30). And Hebrews 9:14 reveals that on the cross Jesus "offered himself unblemished to God."

Unlike the temple priests who first sacrificed an animal to remove their own sins before sacrificing on behalf of the people, Jesus offered to God his own body - his own life - for our sins. In doing so, he demonstrated his complete obedience to God as his holy Father, and the complete worthiness of God as the object of his worship. In this respect also his death was unique.

When Jesus dismissed his spirit and died, the soldiers stationed nearby were surprised he had died so quickly; some victims remained alive for up to two days before dying. But they were not the only ones surprised. Across the valley, in the city centre, at the precise moment of Jesus' death, Matthew records that "the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life" (Matthew 27:51-52). The death of Jesus had supernatural consequences.

The enormous, thickly lined curtain separating the holy of holies from the holy place was torn in two, symbolising that through the death of Jesus the way into God's immediate presence was open to all, regardless of the distinctions often made between clergy and laity, Jew and Gentile, master and servant, man and woman. All people now had equal access to God and to his salvation, and equal opportunity for worship and service.

And then the earth shook and rocks were split in pieces! The event was, quite literally, earth-shaking, as the natural environment responded to the death of its creator. Burial chambers broke open, probably through the force of the earthquake. Then something occurred that no earthquake could achieve: the bodies of many dead people returned to life (verse 52)! The death of Jesus Christ triggered the resurrection of God's people, and his resurrection guarantees our future resurrection when he returns to earth. There was no other death like it, before or since; in this regard also the death of Jesus was unique.

But his death also had eternal consequences. Immediately before he died, Jesus said, "It is finished" (John 19:30). What was finished? The work he came to earth to accomplish. Michelangelo, the Renaissance artist of Sistine Chapel fame, was a genius. He excelled as a sculptor, designer, painter and architect. His statues of Moses and David are widely recognized and appreciated. What many people don't know is that in Florence, there's an entire hall filled with his 'unfinished' sculptural works. As great an artist as he was, he left much unfinished.

Jesus left no unfinished work - he accomplished everything he came to do. He completed his monumental mission. Hebrews 2:9 says with majestic simplicity, "In that death, by God's grace, he fully experienced death in every person's place" (The Message). Jesus not only died - he died in your place. He died so you could have life. He suffered so you could find peace. He endured the darkness of Calvary so you could experience the light of the Good News. He endured the curse so you could enjoy the blessing. He was alienated from God so you could be reconciled to God.

He who never did wrong suffered under the agonizing weight of your wrongs, so you could be put right with God. "He personally carried the load of our sins in his own body when he died on the cross, so that we can be finished with sin and live a good life from now on" (1 Peter 2:24, LB).In his death Jesus demonstrated God's love for us in the fullest possible way, achieved total victory over evil, and made our salvation possible. He was not merely a good man who died as an example of virtue or meekness; he was the perfect God who took our burdens of sin and guilt and made them his burden. His death was not an example to inspire us but a sacrifice to save us!

As John Stott says, "A pattern cannot secure our pardon . . . an example can stir our imagination, kindle our idealism and strengthen our resolve, but it cannot cleanse the defilement of our past sins, bring peace to our troubled conscience or reconcile us to God" (Basic Christianity 1971:89). Only the death of the holy Son of God could achieve those purposes. His death was an example, but it was much more than that. It was the only way God could bring you into relationship with himself, into his glorious kingdom, his new community. Jesus' death was unique because it was perfectly timed, it was a priceless act of worship, and it had supernatural consequences; but above all his death had eternal consequences, our salvation.

Message from Dr.Fr.Davis George

Welcome to St Aloysius Institute of Technology. SAIT will continue the same tradition of providing holistic education in molding the future technocrats and leaders. Technology at the leading edge, changes so rapidly that you have to keep abreast with the fast changing technologies after you get out of school and for this probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals. Rooted in the fundamentals, we at SAIT shall certainly strive to give the required competitive edge to our future technocrats and leaders so that they may use technology to make tangible difference in how people live and work. Ignite the big dream in you. Discover your potentials and possibilities. Invest your time in innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. Give technology the required human face. It has been said by Steve Jobs, "To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines. " We hope you would remain focused and make your Aloysian experience at SAIT, learning and growing exploration of the inner and outer world so as to make this world a better place to live in. Let us remember "In this new wave of technology, you can't do it all yourself, you have to form alliances" (Carlos Slim Helu). At St. Aloysius Institute of Technology we shall always strive to move forward from dependence to independence and further to interdependence, always widening the circle of influence so as to make your life a success which is not a destination but a journey. I wish each one of you a fruitful and productive journey at St. Aloysius Institute of Technology.

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