I watched "Passion of the Christ" last night. It was very good. Not in the same sense I watch other movies and deem them "good." But in the sense that this movie hits you at your core. Kenneth said it right. It's a very draining movie. It's very intense. It's gory. But I had to keep reminding myself, this is probably what Jesus had to go through and more. The hitting, the spitting, the humiliation... all of it. Someone said they wanted to beat up the Roman soldiers. I agreed.

I think the parts that really got to me were not so much seeing Jesus being beaten, but seeing the hurt in Mary's eyes. To see your son undergo such a brutal punishment, and at the same time have to accept it as the will of God. She was a strong woman.

I cried some during the movie. My friend, Paul, would say I cried a lot. But to tell you the truth, I was holding back tears. I could have cried the heaving, choking, pit of your stomach cries. Maybe I was just saving tears. I'm watching it again on Saturday.