Jesus Forsaken: Jesus is the image of the one who has been deceived, betrayed; he seems a failure. He is fearful, timid, disoriented. Jesus Forsaken is darkness, melancholy, contrast. He is the image of all that is strange, indefinable, that has something monstrous about it. Because he is God crying out for help! He is the lonely person, the derelict... He seems useless, an outcast, in shock...... Consequently, we can recognize him in every suffering brother or sister. When we approach those who resemble him, we can speak to them of Jesus Forsaken. To those who recognize that they are similar to him, and are willing to share his fate, he becomes: for the mute, words; for the doubtful, the answer; for the blind, light; for the deaf, voice; for the weary, rest; for the desperate, hope; for the separated, unity; for the restless, peace. With him the person is transformed and the non-meaning of suffering acquires meaning. He had cried out a "why"* to which no one replied, so that we would have the answer to every question. The problem of human life is suffering. Whatever form it may take, however terrible it may be, we know that Jesus has taken it on himself and--as if by a divine alchemy--he transforms suffering into love. -- Chiara Lubich
*"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
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