John 13:1-15... The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet
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Posted:Apr 5, 2007 11:09 pm
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John 13:1-15
The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet
Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from the world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. The devil had already induced Judas, of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over. So, during supper, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God, he rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel around the waist. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Master, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.”
Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance of me.”
Simon Peter said to him. “Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.”
Jesus said to him, “Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed, for he is clean all over, so you are clean, but not all.” For he knew who would betray him; for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
So when he had washed their feet [and] put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, should also do.”
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Matthew 26:14-25... The Betrayal by Judas
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Posted:Apr 5, 2007 7:53 am
Last Updated:Apr 5, 2007 7:54 am 1116 Views
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Matthew 26:14-25
The Betrayal by Judas
One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Jesus over you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver; and from that time on he looked for the opportunity to hand him over.
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and said, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, “The teacher says, “My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples.” The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover.
When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?”
He said in reply, “He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me.
The of Man indeed goes, as it is written on him, but woe to that man by whom the of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.”
Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” His answered, “You have said so.”
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John 13:21-33, 36-38... Judas’ Betrayal and Peter’s Denial
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Posted:Apr 5, 2007 7:03 am
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John 13:21-33, 36-38
Judas’ Betrayal and Peter’s Denial
[Reclining at the table with his disciples,] Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”… One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved was reclining at Jesus side. So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant. He leaned
back against Jesus chest and said to him, “Master, who is it?” Jesus answered, “It is the one whom I hand the morsel after I dipped it.” So he dipped the morsel and {took it and] handed it to Judas, of Simon the Iscariot. After he took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to hi,, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” … So he took the morsel and left at once. And it was night.
When he had left, Jesus said, “Now is the of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. [If God is glorified in him,] God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once. My , I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come.’ So now I say it to you.”
Simon Peter said to him, “Master, where are you going?”
Jesus answered [him]. “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later.”
Peter said to him, “Master, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times.”
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John 12:1-11... The Anointing at Bethany
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Posted:Apr 5, 2007 6:26 am
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John 12:1-11
The Anointing at Bethany
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him. Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Then Judas the Iscariot, one [of] his disciples, and the one who would betray him said, “Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days wages and given to the poor?” He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held money bag and used to steal the contributions.
So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”
[The] large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him.
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The First Canonization
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Posted:Apr 4, 2007 12:43 am
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The First Canonization
Gospel reading contains many beautiful and moving passage, and it would be difficult for anyone to decide which of these passages is the most striking in terms of profundity, pathos, and sheer human resonance. However, even if after a careful study of this Passion narrative we still find ourselves unable to select which passage is the greatest of all, we would probably all agree that the one about the good thief is surely one of the most sublime not only of this Passion narrative but of the entire four gospels.
“Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” These words constitute the first canonization in history. And what a unique canonization that was! It was done not by a pope but by Jesus Christ himself, the very of God. Theologians might well argue about whether or not a pontifical canonization is an infallible act of the Magisterium, but they have no doubt this one; it was unquestionably infallible. Furthermore, it involved not a virtuous person about the criminal. Finally, it was not performed amid the pomp and circumstance of a pontifical pageantry but ii\n the sordid setting of a public execution, the canonizer and the canonized being both nailed to a cross.
What induced Jesus to canonize this particular criminal? Just two things, the only things that Jesus required from the Jews when he initiated his public ministry; “Repent, and believe in the gospel: (Mark 1:15). This man repented, he admitted his sinfulness; “Have you no fear of God,” he asked the other criminal, “for you are subject to the same condemnation? And indeed, we received corresponds to our crimes.” He also had a groping faith in Jesus, since he said to him; “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Repentance and one single act of faith insured his eternal salvation.
Let us remember this when we are tempted to despair of ever reaching heaven. If we are sorry for our sins and reach out to Jesus, we are sure to find ourselves one day :with him in Paradise.”
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Luke 19:28-40... The entry into Jerusalem
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Posted:Apr 4, 2007 12:33 am
Last Updated:Apr 4, 2007 12:47 am 1098 Views
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Luke 19:28-40
The entry into Jerusalem
[Jesus] proceed on his journey up to Jerusalem. As he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples. He said, “Go into the village opposite you, and as you enter it you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. And if anyone should ask you, “Why are you untying it?” you will answer, “The Master has need of it.”
So those who have been sent went off and found everything just as he had told them. And as they are untying the colt, its owner said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” They answered, “The Master has need of it.”
So they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the colt, and helped Jesus to mount. As he rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen.
They proclaimed; “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord, Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.”
Some of he Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out.!”
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John 11:45-56... Session of the Sanhedrin
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Posted:Apr 2, 2007 9:50 pm
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John 11:45-56
Session of the Sanhedrin
Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what [Jesus] had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priest and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “what are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.”
But one of them Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing, nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.”
He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed of God. So from that day on they planned to kill him.
So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples.
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves. They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area. “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?”
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John 18:31-42... Feast of Dedication
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Posted:Apr 2, 2007 8:52 pm
Last Updated:Apr 2, 2007 8:55 pm 1084 Views
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John 18:31-42
Feast of Dedication
The Jews… pick up rocks to stone Jesus.
Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying stone me?”
The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself a God?”
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, “I said, “You are gods.”!’ If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the of God’? If I do not perform my Father’s works do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize [and understand] that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
[Then] they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power.
He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, “John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” And many there began to believe in him.
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John 8:51-59... Jesus and Abraham
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Posted:Apr 1, 2007 8:09 am
Last Updated:May 13, 2024 11:2 am 1088 Views
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John 8:51-59
Jesus and Abraham
[Jesus said to the Jews,] “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” [So] the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’ Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?”
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing, but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word. Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.”
So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.
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John 8:31-42... Jesus and Abraham
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Posted:Apr 1, 2007 8:04 am
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John 8:31-42
Jesus and Abraham
Jesus… said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth will set you free.”
They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to any one." How can you say, “You will become free?”
Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sins is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a always remains. So if a frees you, then you will truly be free. I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. I tell you what I have seen in the Father’s presence; then do what you have heard from the Father.”
They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.”
Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s , you would be doing works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who was told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. You are doing the works of your father!”
[So] they said to him, “We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God.”
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.”
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