Thirsting for Our Love 

   “He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you.” (St. Teresa of Calcutta) 

   As He hung on the cross, dying for our sins, Jesus said, “I thirst.” (John 19: 28).  Many of the Church fathers have suggested that it wasn’t so much a physical thirst He was expressing but the thirst for our love of Him.

   Through His passion and crucifixion He had shown the depth of His love for us.  It was and is an all encompassing love that knows no bounds or restrictions, given freely to all.  He desires that we love Him with the same kind of love.

   When we consider the sacrifices we make during the Lenten season we must realize that there is nothing we have that God needs.  However, what He doesn’t always have and what He can’t or won’t demand of us is our love.  That He must wait for us to give.

   This Holy Week is a time for even greater contemplation of Christ’s love and sacrifice for us as we prepare to celebrate His glorious resurrection on Easter Sunday.  Now is the time to satisfy His thirst for our love, to give Him our love as He gives His to us; totally, completely, and forever.