JUSTICE
The imaging of
Ancient Greece shows Lady Justice as a "blindfolded" person
"looking" at the two trays of the balance. With the New
(and Eternal) Testament Our Lady "fulfills" the Letter of the
law, with the intercession of Mercy. Between the Good Thief and the
recognition of the Kingship of OLJC, Our Lady presents the repentance
for the Pardon.
... on the
Calvary, there were three (3) crosses. One from which Salvation came,
the second that confessed and received Salvation ... finally the one
that denied and rejected it. The Blessed Mother was NOT at the
"table" on Holy Thursday, yet she stood-up at the foot
of the Cross on Holy Friday.
The
Sanhedrin thought that by "framing" OLJC with two thieves, their
sins would ... DISAPPEAR.
Wrong
—justice was to be
"balanced" with "MERCY".
The
good-thief, upon hearing OLJC say to his Father: "Forgive them,
because they know NOT what they are doing" ... finally recognized
and confessed OLJC as the King of kings.
At the
time of the Crucifixion two of the CHOSEN apostles were "not
worthy", and the ten others were "silent". Judas was
committing suicide, and Peter was (three times) denying "knowing
OLJC". St Dismas, (also known as the good thief) received what
Judas denied. And in the following years the disciples also had to
confess (most often through martyrdom) before being elected.
Because of his confession, St Dismas was the "first saint" to
be admitted into heaven ... after OLJC "re-opened" the
original Paradise 4,000 years after the original sin.
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