What is the point of the Passion of the Lord? The letter to the Hebrews tells us: "Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and having been made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him." (Heb 5:8-9) The deeply unpopular concept of obedience is therefore pivotal to the history of salvation. Adam and Eve disobeyed God, by eating from the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and sought to overthrow Him. They were expelled from the Garden. Jesus dies on a Tree in obedience to the Father and opens paradise not just to the repentant thief but to all those who believe in him. Each one of us, not just priests and religious, need to learn obedience so as to be perfected in love of the Lord who died to save us from our sins.
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