First reading Isaiah 52:13-53:12
The servant of the Lord, an expiatory Sacrifice
See, my servant will prosper,
he shall be lifted up, exalted, rise to great heights.
As the crowds were appalled on seeing him
– so disfigured did he look
that he seemed no longer human –
so will the crowds be astonished at him,
and kings stand speechless before him;
for they shall see something never told
and witness something never heard before:
‘Who could believe what we have heard,
and to whom has the power of the Lord been revealed?’
Like a sapling he grew up in front of us,
like a root in arid ground.
Without beauty, without majesty we saw him,
no looks to attract our eyes;
a thing despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering,
a man to make people screen their faces;
he was despised and we took no account of him.
And yet ours were the sufferings he bore,
ours the sorrows he carried.
But we, we thought of him as someone punished,
struck by God, and brought low.
Yet he was pierced through for our faults,
crushed for our sins.
On him lies a punishment that brings us peace,
and through his wounds we are healed.
We had all gone astray like sheep,
each taking his own way,
and the Lord burdened him
with the sins of all of us.
Harshly dealt with, he bore it humbly,
he never opened his mouth,
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter-house,
like a sheep that is dumb before its shearers
never opening its mouth.
By force and by law he was taken;
would anyone plead his cause?
Yes, he was torn away from the land of the living;
for our faults struck down in death.
They gave him a grave with the wicked,
a tomb with the rich,
though he had done no wrong
and there had been no perjury in his mouth.
The Lord has been pleased to crush him with suffering.
If he offers his life in atonement,
he shall see his heirs, he shall have a long life
and through him what the Lord wishes will be done.
His soul’s anguish over
he shall see the light and be content.
By his sufferings shall my servant justify many,
taking their faults on himself.
Hence I will grant whole hordes for his tribute,
he shall divide the spoil with the mighty,
for surrendering himself to death
and letting himself be taken for a sinner,
while he was bearing the faults of many
and praying all the time for sinners.
Responsorial Psalm 30(31):2,6,12-13,15-17,25
Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.
In you, O Lord, I take refuge.
Let me never be put to shame.
In your justice, set me free,
Into your hands I commend my spirit.
It is you who will redeem me, Lord.
In the face of all my foes
I am a reproach,
an object of scorn to my neighbours
and of fear to my friends.
Those who see me in the street
run far away from me.
I am like a dead man, forgotten in men’s hearts,
like a thing thrown away.
But as for me, I trust in you, Lord;
I say: ‘You are my God.
My life is in your hands, deliver me
from the hands of those who hate me.
Let your face shine on your servant.
Save me in your love.’
Be strong, let your heart take courage,
all who hope in the Lord.
Second reading Hebrews 4:14-16,5:7-9
The Lord burdened him with the sins of all of us
Since in Jesus, the Son of God, we have the supreme high priest who has gone through to the highest heaven, we must never let go of the faith that we have professed. For it is not as if we had a high priest who was incapable of feeling our weaknesses with us; but we have one who has been tempted in every way that we are, though he is without sin. Let us be confident, then, in approaching the throne of grace, that we shall have mercy from him and find grace when we are in need of help.
During his life on earth, he offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation.
Gospel John 18:1-19:42
The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ
Key: N. Narrator. ✠ Jesus. O. Other single speaker. C. Crowd, or more than one speaker.
N. Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kedron valley. There was a garden there, and he went into it with his disciples. Judas the traitor knew the place well, since Jesus had often met his disciples there, and he brought the cohort to this place together with a detachment of guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees, all with lanterns and torches and weapons. Knowing everything that was going to happen to him, Jesus then came forward and said,
✠ Who are you looking for?
N. They answered,
C. Jesus the Nazarene.
N. He said,
✠ I am he.
N. Now Judas the traitor was standing among them. When Jesus said, ‘I am he’, they moved back and fell to the ground. He asked them a second time,
✠ Who are you looking for?
N. They said,
C. Jesus the Nazarene.
N. Jesus replied,
✠ I have told you that I am he. If I am the one you are looking for, let these others go.
N. This was to fulfil the words he had spoken, ‘Not one of those you gave me have I lost.’
Simon Peter, who carried a sword, drew it and wounded the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Jesus said to Peter,
✠ Put your sword back in its scabbard; am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?
N. The cohort and its captain and the Jewish guards seized Jesus and bound him. They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had suggested to the Jews, ‘It is better for one man to die for the people.’
Simon Peter, with another disciple, followed Jesus. This disciple, who was known to the high priest, went with Jesus into the high priest’s palace, but Peter stayed outside the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the woman who was keeping the door and brought Peter in. The maid on duty at the door said to Peter,
O. Aren’t you another of that man’s disciples?
N. He answered,
O. I am not.
N. Now it was cold, and the servants and guards had lit a charcoal fire and were standing there warming themselves; so Peter stood there too, warming himself with the others.
The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. Jesus answered,
✠ I have spoken openly for all the world to hear; I have always taught in the synagogue and in the Temple where all the Jews meet together: I have said nothing in secret. But why ask me? Ask my hearers what I taught: they know what I said.
N. At these words, one of the guards standing by gave Jesus a slap in the face, saying,
O. Is that the way to answer the high priest?
N. Jesus replied,
✠ If there is something wrong in what I said, point it out; but if there is no offence in it, why do you strike me?
N. Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
As Simon Peter stood there warming himself, someone said to him,
O. Aren’t you another of his disciples?
N. He denied it, saying,
O. I am not.
N. One of the high priest’s servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said,
O. Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?
N. Again Peter denied it; and at once a cock crew.
They then led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was now morning. They did not go into the Praetorium themselves or they would be defiled and unable to eat the passover. So Pilate came outside to them and said,
O. What charge do you bring against this man?
N. They replied,
C. If he were not a criminal, we should not be handing him over to you.
N. Pilate said,
O. Take him yourselves, and try him by your own Law.
N. The Jews answered,
C. We are not allowed to put a man to death.
N. This was to fulfil the words Jesus had spoken indicating the way he was going to die.
So Pilate went back into the Praetorium and called Jesus to him, and asked,
O. Are you the king of the Jews?
N. Jesus replied,
✠ Do you ask this of your own accord, or have others spoken to you about me?
N. Pilate answered,
O. Am I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have handed you over to me: what have you done?
N. Jesus replied,
✠ Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not of this kind.
N. Pilate said,
O. So you are a king, then?
N. Jesus answered,
✠ It is you who say it. Yes, I am a king. I was born for this, I came into the world for this: to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice.
N. Pilate said,
O. Truth? What is that?
N. and with that he went out again to the Jews and said,
O. I find no case against him. But according to a custom of yours I should release one prisoner at the Passover; would you like me, then, to release the king of the Jews?
N. At this they shouted:
C. Not this man, but Barabbas.
N. Barabbas was a brigand.
Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged; and after this, the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple robe. They kept coming up to him and saying,
C. Hail, king of the Jews!
N. and they slapped him in the face.
Pilate came outside again and said to them,
O. Look, I am going to bring him out to you to let you see that I find no case.
N. Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said,
O. Here is the man.
N. When they saw him the chief priests and the guards shouted,
C. Crucify him! Crucify him!
N. Pilate said,
O. Take him yourselves and crucify him: I can find no case against him.
N. The Jews replied,
C. We have a Law, and according to that Law he ought to die, because he has claimed to be the Son of God.
N. When Pilate heard them say this his fears increased. Re-entering the Praetorium, he said to Jesus
O. Where do you come from?
N. But Jesus made no answer. Pilate then said to him,
O. Are you refusing to speak to me? Surely you know I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?
N. Jesus replied,
✠ You would have no power over me if it had not been given you from above; that is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater guilt.
N. From that moment Pilate was anxious to set him free, but the Jews shouted,
C. If you set him free you are no friend of Caesar’s; anyone who makes himself king is defying Caesar.
N. Hearing these words, Pilate had Jesus brought out, and seated himself on the chair of judgement at a place called the Pavement, in Hebrew Gabbatha. It was Passover Preparation Day, about the sixth hour. Pilate said to the Jews,
O. Here is your king.
N. They said,
C. Take him away, take him away! Crucify him!
N. Pilate said,
O. Do you want me to crucify your king?
N. The chief priests answered,
C. We have no king except Caesar.
N. So in the end Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
They then took charge of Jesus, and carrying his own cross he went out of the city to the place of the skull or, as it was called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified him with two others, one on either side with Jesus in the middle. Pilate wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: ‘Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.’ This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city, and the writing was in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate,
C. You should not write ‘King of the Jews,’ but ‘This man said: “I am King of the Jews.”’
N. Pilate answered,
O. What I have written, I have written.
N. When the soldiers had finished crucifying Jesus they took his clothing and divided it into four shares, one for each soldier. His undergarment was seamless, woven in one piece from neck to hem; so they said to one another,
C. Instead of tearing it, let’s throw dice to decide who is to have it.
N. In this way the words of scripture were fulfilled:
They shared out my clothing among them.
They cast lots for my clothes.
This is exactly what the soldiers did.
Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother,
✠ Woman, this is your son.
N. Then to the disciple he said,
✠ This is your mother.
N. And from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home.
After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed, and to fulfil the scripture perfectly he said:
✠ I am thirsty.
N. A jar full of vinegar stood there, so putting a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the vinegar he said,
✠ It is accomplished;
N. and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
Here all kneel and pause for a short time.
It was Preparation Day, and to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath – since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity – the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they found he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water. This is the evidence of one who saw it – trustworthy evidence, and he knows he speaks the truth – and he gives it so that you may believe as well. Because all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture:
Not one bone of his will be broken;
and again, in another place scripture says:
They will look on the one whom they have pierced.
After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus – though a secret one because he was afraid of the Jews – asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave permission, so they came and took it away. Nicodemus came as well – the same one who had first come to Jesus at night-time – and he brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, following the Jewish burial custom. At the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in this garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been buried. Since it was the Jewish Day of Preparation and the tomb was near at hand, they laid Jesus there.
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2nd April 2021 Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord.
Reflection
Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12, Hebrew 4:14-16; 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42
“At the heart of Calvary, the light of love shines”
We celebrate today as ‘Good Friday’ because the light of God’s unconditional and faithful love to all humanity is revealed on the cross amid the darkness of rejection, hatred, suffering, injustice and death. Contemplating Jesus on the cross, we remember His words: “When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to me.” (John 12:32), and indeed, men and women of every generation, nation, language have been touched by His love that is stronger than sin, stronger than death. Today, we are one of those who have been drawn to Jesus, the God of Love. It is for us to be overly sentimental about Jesus’ death on the cross to the extent that we miss His call for us to bring His love to families, workplaces, parish groups, neighborhoods, etc. where love is lacking and to be in solidarity with our brothers and sisters who continue to be crucified by the injustice of poverty and discrimination.
Today, we are invited to stand with Mary and the disciples at the foot of the cross of Jesus. There, we commit ourselves to bring God’s goodness and love to those around us today.
Question for reflection:
What is the call o Jesus as I contemplate on the crucifix today?
Yesaya 52:13 – 53:12, Ibrani 4:14-16; 5:7-9, Yohanes 18:1-19:42
“Di Kalvari, cahaya cinta bersinar”
Kita merayakan hari ini sebagai ‘Jumat Agung’ kerana terang kasih Tuhan yang tanpa syarat dan setia kepada semua umat manusia terungkap di kayu salib di tengah kegelapan penolakan, kebencian, penderitaan, ketidakadilan dan kematian. Merenungkan Yesus di salib, kita mengingati firman-Nya:”Apabila Aku ditinggikan dari bumi, Aku akan menarik semua orang datang kepada-Ku.” (Yohanes 12:32), dan memang, lelaki dan wanita dari setiap generasi, bangsa, bahasa telah disentuh oleh kasih-Nya yang lebih kuat dari dosa, lebih kuat dari kematian. Hari ini, kita adalah salah satu dari mereka yang telah tertarik kepada Yesus, Tuhan Pengasih. Kita harus bersikap sentimental terhadap kematian Yesus disalib sehingga kita merindukan ajakan-Nya untuk membawa kasih-Nya kepada keluarga, tempat kerja, komuniti di paroki, jiran tetangga dan sebagainya, dimana terdapat kurangnya kasih dan bersatu Bersama dengan saudara saudari yang terus disalibkan oleh kemiskinan dan diskriminasi.
Hari ini kita diundang untuk berdiri bersama Maria dan para murid di kaki salib Yesus. Di sana, kita bertekad untuk membawa kebaikan dan kasih Allah kepada orang-orang di sekitar kita hari ini.
Soalan renungan:
Ketika saya merenungkan salib, apakah panggilan Yesus kepada saya?
2 April 2021, Orou Kalimo, Jumaat Agung
Jisaya 52:13-53; Ibrani 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Juanis 18:1-19:42
Giu’ ra Kalvari, sinda ru togom mapaang
Mangiantak takau ra orou raiti’ koson ra ‘Jumaat Agung’ sabap ra sinda ru togom ru Tuhan ondo’ kolondo’ kitaakon am gumagaya’ no ra ngaangai’ ulun pinabala’ giu’ ra salip giu’ ra tatanga’ ru kalandaman, pangimpayan, kasisangan, kaimbalaan, kolondo’ katimpakan am kapatayan. Mampaguang ri Jisus giu’ ra salip, mangkara’ takau ra bala’ Nano: “Paat ra Aku painsawaton intor ra tana’ ti, poongoyon Ku ngaangai’ ulun Raki’.” (Juanis 12:32), am sotopot no, ungkuyon am ruandu’ intor ra moonong sayat, bansa’, ragu kinambong noyo ru togom Nano ondo’ maikang poyo ka tula, maikang poyo ka kapatayan. Orou raiti’, itakau noyo ondo’ intor risilo ondo’ nokoongoi ri Jisus, Tuhan ondo’ motogom. Musiti’ takau makapaliso molomoi ra kapatayan ri Jisus giu’ ra salip saboi ra moondom takau ra pangkimaitan Nano koson magibit ra togom Nano ra sasambaloi, intok pangandayan, komuniti giu’ ra paroki, sambalayan am bokon-bokon poyo, ondo’ mokoondo’ ra matutusan ra togom am masimpung ra pabukat-pabukat ondo’ rayus salipon ru musikin am mansusuai.
Orou raiti’ itakau kimaitin koson migor mababaya’ ri Maria am maamaya’-maamaya’ giu’ ra tupakon ru salip ri Jisus. Ra giu’ no, aruon takau koson magibit ra moonsoi am togom ri Aki Kapuuno’ ra ulun-ulun giu’ liput takau ra orou raiti’.
l_Pangkuatan ra paguangin:_
Paat ra aku mampaguang ra salip, atan kia pampiawan ri Jisus raki’?
02-04-2021 Hari Besai Lima Pemati Tuhan Jesus.
Renungan
Isaiah 52:13-53,12; Hebrew 4:14-16;5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42
“Ba ati Kalvari, terang penampak mancar.”
Kitai ngintu ‘Hari Besai Lima’ laban terang Allah Taala ti nadai betakat sereta pengerindu ti talok ka semua udah dipandang atas kayu Regang taja dalam kelemayang pemetang ti tulak, dibenchi, diperinsa, dikelakar sereta dibunoh. Lebuh kitai belemati ka jako Jesus ba Regang ko Iya bejako: “Lalu lebuh Aku diangkatka ari dunya, Aku deka ngaul semua orang ngagai Aku Empu.” (John 12:32), enggau bendar, mayuh orang indu sereta lelaki ari genap ripih bansa menua, jako udah ngasai ka ditegu ulih pengerindu Iya ti kering agi ari dosa, kering agi ari pemati. Saritu, kitai mega ditarit ngagai Jesus, Allah Taala ti bepengerindu. Kitai berasai sinu laban pemati Jesus ba atas regang datai ka kitai enda tedinga ka kangau Iya mai pengerindu ngagai bilik kitai, endur kitai gawa, gerempong dalam gereja, sereta orang sama genturong pendiau enggau kitai endur pengerindu nadai diasai lalu sama bela besaup enggau orang bukai ti agi mengkang diregang laban nadai pengelurus sereta dikeduan.
Saritu, kitai dikangau awak bediri enggau Maria sereta murid ba baroh kaki Jesus. Dia kitai nyerah ka diri awak ulih mai pemadas Allah Taala sereta pengerindu Iya ngagai orang bukai saritu.
Nama kangau Jesus ka aku lebuh belematika pasal Regang saritu?
2021年4月2日 圣周星期五救主受难纪念日
省思
《依五二：13-五三：12》
《希四：14-16；五：7-9》
《若十八：1-十九：42》
“在加略山的腹地上，仁爱之光正照耀着”
我们庆贺今天为“美好的星期五”因为天主无条件且忠诚的仁爱之光在十字架上向众人照耀了，祂驱散了排斥、仇恨、痛苦、不义、及死亡等带来的黑暗。我们应当省思钉在十字架上的耶稣，我们应记得祂的話：“当我从地上被举起来，我将使世人靠向我。”（《若十二：32》），事实上，每一个年代的男男女女、每一个国度、每一种语言等都被祂的爱触动了；祂的爱大于罪愆，也大于死亡。今天，我们也是当中被感化进而靠向耶稣的群众，祂是仁爱的天主。对我们而言，我们应该超越为死在十字架上的耶稣的过分感伤，进而延伸祂给予我们的召唤，把爱带到家庭里、工作场所、堂区团契、邻里之间等，在那儿或许缺少了爱，以及让这爱与我们那些仍持续被贫穷和歧视的折磨的兄弟姐妹团结在一起。
今天，我们受到的邀请是，与玛利亚和众多门徒一起站在耶稣的十字架下。在那儿，我们许下承诺就在今天开始向周遭的人们宣扬天主的良善和慈爱。
省思题：
今天当我省思十字架上的苦难时，耶稣给予了我什么召唤呢？
Acknowledgment: Reflections are based on “Prayer for Living: The Word of God for Daily Prayer Year B” by Sr. Sandra Seow FMVD.
