There hung upon a wooden cross
He looks down at me
Not down on me
But into my eyes.
His eyes blurred with the sweat and blood from the thorns that pierced his head,
Fatigued from loss of life
And
In excruciating pain,
He looked at me.
His hands open, His raw and naked body exposed for all to see,
He looked at me.
In pure anguish,
He looked at me.
Into my soul His brown eyes penetrated my very being at the center of all that I am
And
He spoke not an audible word
But
I heard everything in His eyes.
There mixed with sweat and pain He was open
To love,
To hurt,
To all who would rebuke Him
For centuries to come.
He was not just open to those women, who wept,
And
Wailed for their children
But
Also for the soldiers
That hung Him upon this wooden cross,
This human death.
His eyes showed me only
Compassion,
Empathy,
Forgiveness
And
Understanding
For those who physically tortured
And
Killed Him.
He held only love in the agony
And
Then we all heard Him
Give up His spirit to God:
Death to the Son of God,
Real death upon a tree,
The death penalty for God.
He died right there before my eyes.
But before He closed His eyes to this world I locked eyes with His
And
He read my soul and gave me the opportunity to love Him
And
This I do every time I forgive another,
Anytime I love unconditionally,
Every time I witness God’s love in another person.
I locked eyes with Jesus Christ upon that cross in Calvary today
And
He loved me from across the centuries
And
Across the heavens right here
And
Now into my soul.
He looked at me.
Beautiful, Lori, just beautiful .
I will feel His eyes looking into my heart this Good Friday and hopefully every day. Thanks for sharing,Rosie
Lori,
This is most powerful.
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this with us on Good Friday! Have a blessed Easter!
Lori, this is such a beautiful reminder of his love and the love he expects us to have for one another…perfect for Good Friday and every day. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a wonderful Easter!
Absolutely beautiful and moving. Thank you for sharing such wonderful words!
What a beautiful blessing you have shared on this Good Friday, Lori! Thank you for sharing this powerful reminder of a great and wonderful love for each of us.
What a beautiful message! Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you Lori for reminding me of the unconditional love Our Lord has for each of us. Your message filled my heart with love.
Yes, amazing this truth “He looks at me” ~ the fact that He sees my very insides and darkest truths and keeps looking and loving me regardless.
Amazing!
~Lisa-Jo
What a powerful message on this Good Friday. Thank you for sharing this with us all.
Thank you Lori very moving
beautiful Lori, ask Hannah Marks to share her poem she wrote, she read it before the 8th Graders presented the Living Stations this afternoon –
How beautiful! Thanks for sharing Lori.
Have a glorious Resurrection Sunday!
Lori, that was beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Very powerful!
Thank you. Amen.
An excellent reflection and reminder, Lori. Happy Easter to you!
Thanks, Rosie for sharing this with me. Very beautiful and inspiring.
Simply beautiful! Hope you have a blessed Easter.
I hope you had a great Easter. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Beautiful post!
IT WAS GOOD .IT TOLD THE TURTH AND THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR.
Lori, thank you for a very moving reflection. Your writing is inspired!
Thank you Lori, very appropriate for Good Friday. Every Good Friday my eyes and heart are opened a little bit more to His suffering all because He loved us so.
Delayed praise: That was really amazing Lori! It has a great message to it, very appropriate for the season. Just beautiful..
Beautiful! Very moving and authentic. 🙂
Beautiful!! Very powerful. Thanks for sharing! I hope to see you at the Relevant conference!
~Colleen
This is just so beautiful 😉 thank you!
I loved your poem. Just realizing that He died there for me that my sins might be forgiven so I could spend eternity with Him, fills my heart with gratitude. Thank you for sharing this.
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“I locked eyes with Jesus Christ upon that cross in Calvary today” is a powerful line. Thanks for sharing it.
This is wonderful!!!!!!!
Thank you, very beautiful. Blessed be Jesus in the most holy Sacrament of the altar!
Amazingly beautiful! Thank you Lori for sharing this with me 🙂
Lori, this was beautiful. I was given a T-shirt by a sister of mine for Lents a few years ago. It showed a close up of Jesus on the cross with His head turned to the side looking right at you. Underneath the pic it said….”While He was on the cross you were on His mind”.
I also am blessed to have in my possession a relic of the True Cross with authentic papers from Rome. It was a gift from a fellow parishioner before he died. He, over the years, amassed a large quantity of religious items for the missions.
This was a very good reflection.
Thank you for sharing…it was touched by my heart.
Henrietta
Really terrific Lori! What a perfect thing to read right before Easter.
All the best!!!
Clayton
You are an angel sent from Him and you touch my life deeply, more than you will ever know! Thank you.
Laura