A Good Friday Reflection
Although He clearly tried to prepare His followers for the moment, sometimes I wonder if it was not until the experience at the Garden of Gethsemane, as soldiers sent from the church of Israel arrested Him, that the disciples truly began to understand the purpose of Jesus. Three of the Gospels tell us a disciple of Jesus (presumably Peter) cut off the ear of a man (a servant of the high priest) during the attempt to arrest Jesus. But in all three accounts, Jesus rebuked the violent...
