This Breakthrough of Love
When we witness injustice, we are not passive bystanders; we are compelled to acknowledge the truth. In the crucifixion of Jesus, we confront an act of political violence that, without the resurrection, would have been another tragedy lost to history. But this moment wasn’t lost—it was transformed. Through the Holy Spirit, the Church emerges not as a society built on power, but as one rooted in love.
Jesus’ death and resurrection reveal the deeper truth: we are all connected in moments of injustice. The victim, the perpetrator, and the witnesses are bound by the reality that violence touches every human life. In this shared experience, the call is clear. We cannot go back to complacency or division. The Holy Spirit invites us into a new humanity—one where love grows and transforms, always pushing us to love more deeply and fully. There can be no denying the truth that new things must emerge from the old, but our call as Christians is to make sure that our primary “breakthroughs” are becoming more loving.
Our task is simple but profound. We are called to live into this breakthrough of love. This is the gift of our faith: a dangerous memory of a public murder, redeemed by God, that reminds us all that true power lies in the capacity to love, to heal, and to change the world for the better.