Christ accepted the weight of human sin for our redemption (cf. 2 Cor 5:21). The Father entrusted to His Son the full burden of our wrongdoing, a mystery Pope Benedict XVI once described as God seeming to “turn against Himself” (Deus Caritas Est, 12). In this shocking self-gift, divine love reveals its depth, extending even toward those who oppose God (cf. Mt 5:43–48). This is the heart of the paschal mystery: a love that does not remain distant or abstract, but enters fully into the drama of human brokenness.
