In today’s Celtic Lent reading we hear abut Jesus as a victorious hero more than as a loving saviour.

The Celtic Christians loved their hero sagas of where the great warriors were honoured as well as remembered. They sous sing about their heroes and their great feats. Their heroes lived with an everyday sacrificial struggle, giving up their lives to save someone or a group of people.

At the cross this hero status was placed on Jesus. Christ is their conquering hero, defeating satan so that we can live a full life.

Throughout today I have reflected on this ‘different’ approach to the works of the cross. I have wondered what difference a conquering hero makes over a loving saviour and how that difference, if there is one, could lay out in my daily journey with God.

How do I react to this image of Jesus the warrior?
How do you react to this image?