This week’s discussion on Paschal Mystery is at the very core of Christian belief and hope . Here are questions to add to your discussion (if you wish). I would suggest using question one at the beginning of the discussion.
1. The cross of Christ rips away the veil that separates us from looking at God and helps us see into the very heart of God---revealing God’s unconditional love and vulnerability. What has helped you believe and receive this immense and transforming love of God?
2. Christ died for us but not instead of us. The cross calls us beyond ourselves, and our own agenda. It calls us to “sweat blood for our commitments”—calls us to surrendering love. In addition to major life experiences of death and loss --what deaths are you being called to in your conversion journey of holiness—death to judgment, anger, competition, envy, gossip, greed unforgiveness, comfort zones etc? How do you “sweat blood” for your commitments? What sometimes holds you back?
3. The cross has become the ultimate symbol of love in the world. Reflect for a moment on the power of the Cross of Jesus—where rejection, abuse, hatred and violence meet unconditional love and forgiveness—and are transformed. The cross is perhaps the single most revolutionary moral event that has happened on this planet.
Where in today’s world do you see this same power of love in the face of hate?
When and how are you this healing/forgiving presence in the face of rejection, arrogance, injustice etc?
4. What do you BELIEVE about God’s presence in the chaos of human suffering---like the people in Haiti, people abused, people dying of hunger innocent people killed in war etc. etc.? What is the call of Christian discipleship when the “body of Christ” hangs on the cross?
5. In his self-emptying unto death, Jesus is raised to new life and exalted in glory by God. We too are promised everlasting life in the power of Jesus resurrection. But Resurrection is also right here—right now—a new hope and freedom let loose in the world in the Person and Spirit of Christ. How does your belief in RESURRECTION impact your daily attitudes and living?
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