I went for the Easter Vigil Mass
rather late this year. Due to many unavoidable reasons, I have had a heavy day.
The church was full by the time I entered into the Church. I was tired and was desperately
looking for a chair. After some abortive attempts of searching for a chair, I decided
to stand near the main door of the church.
The beginning part of the liturgy was
rather sober. I tried to concentrate on the mystery that was being celebrated.
But I was often distracted. As the readings were being read, I looked at the
huge Crucifix which was placed at one corner of the Church. Looking at the Crucifix
I thought of Jesus. Being a person with Divine and human nature, Jesus is hanged
on the Cross alone. He could have easily avoided all his sufferings. His twelve disciples, with whom he shared his life,
left him when he was arrested. He did not complain. He accepted the will of his
Father. He detached everything of this world and finally he was attached to his
Father, God. What a beautiful message of detachment he showed on the Cross!
In life we sometimes tend to attach
to something or someone. But can we really belong to someone or something. I do
agree that we can be attached to something or someone for sometimes. All our
earthly attachment will pass. Our loving parents, beloved friends, and expensive
material things will not have everlasting place in our lives. We will have to
be alone. We will have to detach everything. This will lead us to a unique attachment-
that is our attachment to God. Jesus Christ is the perfect example of this detachment.
His earthly detachment led him to an everlasting attachment to God.
Do we want to have this attachment-
an attachment of God? Then let us detach ourselves from this world!
