{"id":6461,"date":"2024-03-23T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2024-03-23T18:26:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:26:51","slug":"lectio-sunday-march-24-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/lectio-sunday-march-24-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectio Sunday march 24, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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LECTIO DIVINA SUNDAY OF PALM, Cycle B<\/strong><\/p>

First Reading:<\/strong> Isaiah 50:4-7: \u00abTherefore I hardened my face like a rock, knowing that I would not be disappointed (cf. Is 50:7).<\/p>

\u00a0The prophet Isaiah presents us with the figure of the suffering servant, describing him as a \u00abdisciple and envoy\u00bb with a message of consolation: \u00abHe has given me the tongue of the initiate to speak a word of encouragement to the brokenhearted\u00bb (cf. Is 50:4), and goes on to say: \u00abHe has opened his ear to me. I did not resist nor did I back down, he has strengthened him to \u00abWithstand the outrages and spittle of his assailants\u00bb, certain that he would not be defrauded.\u00bb (Cf. Is, 50, 4;9a)<\/p>

Psalm 22:<\/strong> \u00abMy God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Ps. 22:1).<\/p>

This psalm, in its interpretation attributed to the Elohist school, does not contradict the portrait of the suffering servant presented to us by Isaiah, certain that no matter how much he suffers, he will not be disappointed. Some hermeneuticists and exegetes suggest that, by putting these words in the mouth of Jesus in the torture of the cross, allusion is made to the prayer of the third hour that every Jew offered on Friday. He, associated with his faith, joins the psalmist, but he never feels abandoned or left by the Father, and even less so at the culminating moment of his sacrifice and surrender for love.\u00bb<\/p>

Second Reading:<\/strong> Philippians 2:6 – 11<\/p>

\u00a0\u00abHe took the form of a slave, making himself in the likeness of men. (Cf Phil, 2, 7) Jesus passed through the world as one of many, demonstrating to us that we were created for love and in the image of God and that likeness to Him is our daily task. Yet Jesus: \u00abHe did not boast of his status as God; on the contrary, he emptied himself and became a slave. Therefore God exalted him, giving him the name that is above every name.\u00bb (Phil 2:6-8).<\/p>

Gospel, Mark 14:1-15; 47:<\/strong> \u00abThe Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Mark is placed by its author and by its close link with Peter before the community of the Romans, whom Mark wished to strengthen in time of persecution with all his accounts. Mark presents Jesus in his passion as a model in suffering and as the savior of those who believe in him.\u00bb<\/p>

LET’S LISTEN:<\/strong><\/p>

After reading Mark’s Gospel in its innumerable details to frame the context of the Lord’s passion, it is important to highlight an itinerary along which the Gospel leads us. It all begins with the detail of the meeting and the anointing in Bethany and the crisscross interpretations around the \u00abwaste of the perfume\u00bb to which some of his disciples allude, trying to persuade the others that it could have been better sold to distribute it among the poor.<\/p>

Continuing this itinerary of the Gospel presenting the dialogue around the details of the preparation of the Passover supper and the story highlights the dialogue between Jesus and his disciples during it, triggering the betrayal of Judas, the denial of Peter, the arrest of Jesus, the confrontation before Pilate, the torture of the condemnation, the scourging, the road to Golgotha with the cross on his back and finally the death and burial of Jesus .\u00bb<\/p>

LET US CONTEMPLATE:<\/strong><\/p>

We all know the details of this story and its bloody denouement; but let us dwell on some clear expressions and contemplate from the memory of the heart these words letting them sink deep into our believing experience:<\/p>

  1. \u00abShe has gone ahead to embalm my body for the burial\u00bb.<\/li>
  2. they promised money to Judas Iscariot.<\/li>
  3. Where is the room where I will eat the Passover with my disciples?\u00a0<\/li>
  4. \u00abOne of you will betray me, one who is here eating with me.<\/li>
  5. \u00abThis is my body, this is my blood, the blood of the covenant.<\/li>
  6. \u00abBefore the cock crows twice, you have denied me three times.<\/li>
  7. \u00abHe began to feel terror and anguish\u00bb.\u00a0<\/li>
  8. \u00abTake him and hold him fast\u00bb.\u00a0<\/li>
  9. \u00abThou art the Messiah, the Son of God\u00bb.<\/li>
  10. \u00abI do not know this man.<\/li>
  11. \u00abWhat say ye? do ye want me to release to you the king of the Jews?<\/li>
  12. \u00abThey put on him a crown of thorns which they had twisted together. They took Jesus to Golgotha and crucified him.<\/li>
  13. \u00abHe has saved others, let him save himself.\u00bb<\/li>
  14. \u00abJesus gave a loud cry, and breathed his last\u00bb.\u00a0<\/li>
  15. \u00abJoseph of Arimathea rolled a stone at the entrance of the tomb.\u00bb<\/li><\/ol>

    It is important to pause and allow these expressions to resonate in the depths of our being. Each word can confront our faith and strengthen our hope.\u00a0<\/p>

    ASK US <\/strong><\/p>

    How can we actualize the Passion of Christ in our daily lives? How can we adhere to his sacrifice of love, without feeling that death on the Cross is a defeat?<\/p>

    INVITATION <\/strong><\/p>

    In this time of grace that Palm Sunday inaugurates, let us dispose our hearts to actualize the mystery of the Lord’s passion, death and resurrection in our own lives. May these experiences help us to understand the redemptive meaning of suffering and above all to long with hope for the dawn of Easter and the encounter with the Lord of life who conquers death with his resurrection.<\/p>

    Sr. Sandra Milena Vel\u00e1squez Bedoya, tc<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    LECTIO DIVINA SUNDAY OF PALM, Cycle B First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-7: \u00abTherefore I hardened my face like a rock, knowing that I would not be disappointed (cf. Is 50:7). \u00a0The prophet Isaiah presents us with the figure of the suffering servant, describing him as a \u00abdisciple and envoy\u00bb with a message of consolation: \u00abHe has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6461"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6472,"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461\/revisions\/6472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}