Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Jude Thaddeus, Naga City | v.3, n.11 | issn 2599-5030 | 18 to 24 March 2018
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SAD BUT BRAVE
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he gospel portrays Jesus as truly God and truly human. At one point, Jesus would face death bravely. At another, he would face it with sadness.
In John’s gospel, there is no Agony of his closest friends. So when the hour came, in the Garden narrative. However, he admitted his feelings that his soul was the gospel reading this Sunday deeply troubled. We too value SUNDAY expresses similar sentiments, our earthly life. So just like Jesus, REFLECTION though differently. The words are we don’t just face death bravely. posed rhetorically: “What shall I We also face it with sadness. say: Father, save me from this hour? We feel sad that the smell of death and But it was for this very reason that I came.” doom seems all over the place. We are Here, John portrays Jesus as someone who plagued both by natural and man-made has long prepared himself for the coming of catastrophes. Dengue is as scary as Dengvaxia. his passion and death. There was no Terrorists are as scary as the vigilantes. And bargaining, no agonizing, but exhilaration no institution now has the power to stop war and excited anticipation! and human rights violations. The United On the other hand, John writes: “Now Nations and ICC have suddenly become lame my soul is troubled”. Jesus knows that the ducks in handling crises such as EJKs. Is our hour is at hand; that the time has come for world about to end? all that was foretold to take place. The question is irrelevant if it does not Jesus faced his death bravely. The source address the quality of our lives; if it does of his strength was the clarity of his death’s not lead us to genuine spiritual preparation purpose. “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the for the coming of Our Lord. The relevant ground and dies, it remains just a grain of ones are: Am I ready to face death? What wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” am I doing now to prepare my meeting We too must face death bravely for the with my Great Master? If we ask such same motive. If we die from selfishness, we questions and do something to improve the grow in generosity. And when we grow in quality of our lives, then not far from our generosity, we enrich not only ourselves but Lord, we too can face the hour with the many people who benefit from our anticipated excitement mixed with the goodness. If we die from our bitterness and humble experience of sadness. gossip-mongering and concentrate on our According to one writer, “Life shrinks or duties, we increase our productivity. expands in proportion to one’s courage.” On the other hand, Jesus did enjoy his Indeed, the quality of our lives depends on earthly life as well. He attended weddings the courage we invest in facing our future, and feasts. He loved to eat and drink wine. our final meeting with our Lord Jesus. He had many friends. On one occasion, he Though sad, we ought to be brave. 4 cried when he heard about the death of one — Fr. Wilmer Joseph S. Tria
Marko 15:1-47
Domingo nin Palaspas (Taon B)
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i Jesus dai suminimbag nin ano.” Mayong tamang simbag sa salang hapot. Si Jesus bakong hadi kan mga hudiyo. Alagad si Jesus totoong hadi. Dai sya magmumuknang kahadian tumang sa Roma. Alagad, magmumukna sya nin LECTIO kahadian na espiritwal na DIVINA magdadanay dawa rugba na an Roma. Ngunyan, sentro an Roma kan Katolikong simbahan. Siring kaini an kapangyarihan kan dai pagsimbag ni Jesus. Kasuarin ako hinapot na paapi alagad dai ko sinimbag?
“Ipako sya sa krus!” Si Barabbas prisonero huli ta nagtumang sya sa Roma. An hanap kan mga hudiyo iyo idtong makikilaban sa Roma. Kayak an pinapili ni Pilato, si Barabbas an pinili na makaligtas. Si Jesus biktima nin panraraot kan mga Puon na Padi na labi-labi an pagkauri saiya. Ginamit ninda an estratehiya kan fake news tanganing makumbinsi an mga tawong magkurahaw kan saiyang kagadanan. Kasuarin ako nagin biktima kan pagpakaraot asin ano an nangyari sako?
“Pinirit ninda an sarong tawong nag-aagi, si Simon Cireneo na hali sa uma...tanganing darhon an saiyang krus.” Si Simon nagpa-Jerusalem para sa paskwa. Sa dai tinutuyong pagkakataon, nakua nya an saiyang sadiri sa tahaw nin byolensya. Naraot an saiyang katuyuhan sa Jerusalem. Alagad, nagluluwas lugod na sya an pinaka-enot na nagin parasundo ni Kristo. Pinahimutikan nya an sadiri, pinàsan an krus, asin nagin parasunod ni Kristo. Asin si Alejandro asin Rufus na saiyang mga aki nagin mga bantog na Kristyano kan panahon. Kasuarin ako nagin siring ki Simon? Nakalaog sa dai tinutuyong problema alagad napararom lugod an pagtubod ki Jesus? 4