God did not punish Christ on the Cross. It is we who punish the innocent victims seen in the punished Christ on the Cross. So, on one hand, in the crucified we see the mercy and love poured for us, and on the other hand we see the justice to be ensured for the millions of victims who suffer. Both are invitation to embrace the cross, one to accept God's love, and second to extend life through a sense of justice.
"There will be poor always," "someone has to do these things," "at least they have an income" ... are the 'holy sacrifice' language justifying the victimhood. Saviour's redeeming cross should not be a justifying language for injustice. Enter into the victimhood suffered near and far, there there is the life giving Tree; not when cross becomes a devotional object.
Victim suffers a burdening, burning and pulsating pain. To speak to the wearied, what we need is peace that fills us with life. That consoles our 'fire' of anger and direct us into healing and grace. Victims are reminded, not about their woundedness, though important, they are led to peace and love. We think of the abundance of life, not about a destructive end. In time, we enter into fullness of life, consoled, strengthened, and healed.
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