My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? – Psalm 22:1

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? – Psalm 22:1 This verse is the start of a powerful and prophetic Psalm. It is well known because these are words spoken by Christ on the Cross. It is easy to misinterpret their meaning that God is absent for no reason. It is impossible to explain completely why Christ said these words, because our Church regards the Lord’s death on the Cross a great mystery. We will, however, attempt to receive an insight into this mystery. In the days of Christ, when a Rabbi quoted the first verse of a [...]