A Catholic priest, someone like me, asked one of the young men during Mass in his parish. The Catholic priest asked this question:

Young man, have you watched the movie ‘Passion of Christ‘ directed by Mel Gibson?

The young man replied, ‘Of course, Father, I have watched it.’

The priest then asked him the next question, ‘Did you cry?’

The young man replied, ‘Excuse me, Father, I am a grownup man. I don’t cry like little babies. I don’t cry like a baby.’

If I may ask you, each one of you here, the same question,

Did you cry after watching or even listening the Readings of the Passion? Yes or no?

Praise the Lord! God is the witness. You cried.

Brothers and sisters in the Lord, crying is a spiritual gift. Always remember this. Crying is a spiritual gift because crying is a human response to the feeling of Holy Spirit.

Brothers and sisters in the Lord, who on this earth would have thought the crowd who welcome Jesus with shouts of ‘Hosanna‘ will betray Him so quickly in exchange of Barabbas? Who thought that? Indeed the shouts of ‘Hosanna‘ was skin deep, superficial.

Speaking of crowd, my dear friends, it is always easy to be part of any crowd, chanting the name of Jesus. Very easy to be part of any crowd. But when it comes to crisis, crisis of faith, the question remains is:

Do we hold on to Jesus? Do you hold on to Jesus in moments of crisis?