Easter Triduum Reflections

As Lent comes to a close, and we begin to delve into the Easter Triduum, I thought a more solemn, more serious post would me more appropriate than the usual Nuggets of Truth...Let's dive right into what is considered to be the greatest and most solemn time in the Church...

I've been reflecting a good deal on Scripture recently, and I've come to see that the entirety of the Old Testament points to the New Testament, and the entirety of the New Testament points towards the events that we celebrate during the Triduum (either Jesus preparing us for his passion, or the Church reflecting on its importance). So I was thinking let's look at a few verses from various sections of scripture and spend some time reflecting on them over the course of the next few days. Let's reflect on how the Scriptures continually point us towards Jesus' ultimate act of redemption for us. Let's allow the Word of God to penetrate deep within our heart, so we may truly make the Easter Triduum a prayerful, reflective time.

"Heavenly Father, send me your spirit. Allow your Word to speak to my heart, penetrate my being, touch my soul."

-God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them. - Genesis 1:27

-I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering. Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey. - Exodus 3:7-8

-The Lord, your God, will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, that you may love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and all your soul, and so may live. - Deuteronomy 30:6

-He reached out from on high and grasped me; he drew me out of the deep waters. He rescued me from my mighty enemy, from my foes, who were too powerful for me. - 2 Samuel 22:17-18

-Rescue me from death, God, my saving God, that my tongue may praise your healing power.- Psalm 51:16

-He was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed. - Isaiah 53:5

-I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. - Ezekiel 34:11-12

-What woman having ten counts and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? - Luke 15:8

- For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. - John 3:16

-God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ, raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Jesus Christ. - Ephesians 2:4-6

-God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. - 1 John 4:8