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Dio Palm BeachThe History Channel has a show called Alone where ten people are taken into the wilderness of British Columbia to see how long they can survive through the fall and winter. The person who survives the longest wins half a million dollars. In the first days, the greatest danger is bears. But as the first weeks pass, not scavenging enough food becomes a greater threat. For those who manage to gather enough to eat for months, however, the greatest obstacle is simply being alone.
The get lonely, of course, but the isolation brings our something deeper. Without other people or the noise of life or the demands of work, the contestants are forced to confront themselves. In the silence of the forest, the only sounds are dripping rain and a snapping fire. Each one of them speaks about memories and failed relationships and regrets, and how they can’t escape them. They are haunted by shame, and many can’t take it —they call for rescue and go home.
At the outset, the central conflict in the show appears to be between people and nature, but the real drama unfolds within each contestant.
As we enter Holy Week, we step into this same sort of drama. Palm Sunday shows us conflict and triumph ahead, but the real action happens within.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎—𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒎, 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒃 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏, 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕’𝒔 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.
However imperfect our Lent has been this year, we must not allow shame to get in the way. In the celebration of the Sacred Triduum that awaits us at the end of this week, we are plunged again into the Paschal Mystery wherein 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉.
-Josh Noem
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