“My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” (Psalm 22)

This verse was taken from today’s Responsorial Psalm. Jesus also used the same verse to express His feelings when He was on the cross. Ironically because of love, He had to suffer incredible gloom as a result from being separated from the Holy Father.

Jesus took unto himself all kinds of pain human can experience.

When we experience pain physically, mentally or in our daily lives, in some way we witness Jesus’ shadow, or in other words we come to meet the Christ in anguish.

How can we apply this verse in our real life? First, we must have the strong belief that we are being offered a chance to meet Jesus through our pain. We should then surrender our sorrow and disappointment to God Our Father like fragrant offerings. Finally, we must always strive to live in any present moment according to God’s words.
Eventually, we will possess the peace Jesus promised us when we learn to renew our lives incessantly to live according to God’s words.