[ E R R O+ R 5 3 4 7 ; VIA PARADO+XA FUTURA DO+LO+RO+SA ] Is this my true punishment? To+ watch him struggle witho+ut being allo+wed to+ help? He is so+ tired, so+ weak. Watching him here, like this, I can't help but picture his first wo+bbly steps after emerging fro+m the co+co+o+n. I have never felt so+ frenzied. A lusus, ready to+ charge witho+ut abando+n. The carnival sneers as he falls. Get up, they demand o+f him. Finish what yo+u started. As if this was his crime alo+ne. As tho+ugh I did no+t push my belief o+nto+ him and co+wer away fro+m the wo+rk. So+ many sweeps he has carried this weight, o+ur speaker, o+ur no+rth star. No+ne o+f his faithful rush fo+rward to+ help. O+ur sermo+n go+ers cry, but will no+t act. They believe his punishment is eno+ugh fo+r them to+ go+ unscarred. If they step fo+rward, they will be next. He takes his beating with grace that do+es no+t po+ssess me. His gaze lo+cks o+nto+ mine, and tho+ugh he do+es no+t o+pen his maw, I kno+w what it is that he is saying: will yo+u no+t stay with me? #viado+lo+ro+sa #easter2026