It is Finished

I walked the Stations of the Cross recently. Walking them I couldn’t help but think: “This was an execution; this was the death penalty.” Jesus ate the Last Supper; the inmate gets a last meal. Jesus was crucified in front of his mom’s eyes; the inmate is injected with family watching. Jesus spent an agonizing night in the
Thinking these together, are we with each State execution attempting to re-sacrifice Jesus? Do we spread victim after victim cruciform on the restraining table to redo what is finished? It is finished, it is adequate; let’s leave it alone.
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