The Mass versus the Road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection

What is more important? The Mass or the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection? And why?

We tortured and killed him. He suffered and died. Where did this take place? The evil that we did to him took place on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. It did not take place at the Mass. Advantage road.

He forgave us. Where did this take place? He forgave us for the evil that we did to him on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. It did not take place at the Mass. Advantage road.

The Cross is the landmark that God planted on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. Rally ‘round the Cross. God did not plant it at the Mass. Advantage road.

Jesus was really present on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. He is really present in the most Holy Eucharist at Mass. Tied.

The Mass is the vehicle that God gave us to propagate the apocalyptic revelation that Jesus released into the Valley of Tears from then and there, across space and time, to us here and now. The Mass derives its importance from the incandescent truth that erupted when Jesus and the evil that we did to him met in a violent collision on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. On the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection, torture, suffering, killing and death met forgiveness. Forgiveness is the blessed fruit of love. Jesus planted the seeds of forgiveness into the hearts of the children of Adam and Eve. The seeds of forgiveness grow into trees of love so that, in the gardens of the new Eden, many can enjoy the fruits of love.


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2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

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