“Full abandonment”: the cross, the path of freedom and radical love

Sebastian Samson Ferrari – Vatican City

On the great Friday dyed of silence, remembrance and deep symbolism, Father Roberto Basoleini, preacher of the papal house, contemplated an echo as a strong echo in the heart of the Jubilee 2025 while celebrating the passion of the Lord in Basilica Saint Peter The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint John 18, 1-19, 42.

The ceremony, headed by the Cardinal Claudio Ghoghotti, the delegate of the Holy Father (who continues his critics) and the governor of Decrerechy of the Eastern Churches, gathered about 4,500 Savior. The Mass, which was characterized by the sobriety and depth of its depth, consists of three parts: the Liturgy, the Worship of the Cross and Communication.

In this official framework, Wasad Kaposhino called for thinking about the failure of the Son of God, but his hidden victory in Madiro. “The cross is not counted, but he loves,” he said. In front of a world led by intelligence and artificial algorithms that define desires and decisions, Pasolini has sparked different intelligence and deep relationships, capable of love, surrender and trust.

Iman was confirmed in the test

Of three phrases that Jesus pronounced during his passion – “I am”, “I am thirsty” and “He was fulfilled” – Basoleni developed a spiritual line that invites you to assume that suffering is not a negative defeat, but as a free work of full love.

The first moment, “I”, reveals a clear in the garden of the park in front of those who were arresting him, that Jesus was not a victim of fate, but he took a step forward, and actively accepted his passion. Pasolini recalls that it is this itself that every believer can find when facing the pain: “taking a step forward” is trust even what we do not understand, and remains free internal in adversity.

The second moment, “I am thirsty”, reveals the mystery of a god who is not afraid to show his need. On the cross, Jesus asks. Learn about your weakness. In this, he knows that when we accept our fragility without shame, we open ourselves to the most true love, which is not born of power, but with humility to allow us to help.

The entrance procession, as usual, was developed on the Great Friday, at all. (Average Vatican) (Vatican Media Department)

Finally, it has been “achieved” expresses the fullness of those who delivered everything. It is not a matter of resignation, but the final statement: the task has been made, love has been completed. Thus, the cross is revealed as the place where weakness turns into a gift, and since the suffering, which is adopted by faith, becomes a source of life.

No Cruz: Potential only

Pasolini did not avoid mentioning our tensions of our time: obsession with performance, pervasive individualism, temptation to avoid all limits or failure. In the face of this, he recalled that the Christian path is nothing but the path of the cross, not as a symbol of meaningless pain, but as a higher expression of love that occurs to the maximum.

In the light of the jubilee, in which the Pope of Christ suggested that he was “an anchor of our hope”, the preacher urged everyone to trust completely in the mystery of the cross, as the “throne of grace” where he finds mercy and assistance. A simple gesture – to be silent to kiss wood – the profession of living faith has become, in renewing hope, in the act of complete abandonment.

Celebrating the passion of the Lord, Great Friday, April 18, 2025.

Give yourself as Christ

Ultimately, Fry Roberto Pasolini contemplated a call to make abandoning the heart of Christian life. It is not resigned, but free and luminous birth, such as Jesus, by kneeling his head, “has entrusted the soul.” In this batch, the only truth is revealed to save the world: God is the father. And in Christ, we are all sisters and brothers.

In the midst of human pain, confusion, and unconfirmed paths, the cross – as the preacher remembers – is not the end, but the direction. For her, the greatest love of love.