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Apr 4 2025

Friday of the 4th week of Lent

April 4, 2025
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First reading Wisdom 2:1,12-22

Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful death

The godless say to themselves, with their misguided reasoning:
‘Our life is short and dreary,
nor is there any relief when man’s end comes,
nor is anyone known who can give release from Hades.
Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys us
and opposes our way of life,
reproaches us for our breaches of the law
and accuses us of playing false to our upbringing.
He claims to have knowledge of God,
and calls himself a son of the Lord.
Before us he stands, a reproof to our way of thinking,
the very sight of him weighs our spirits down;
his way of life is not like other men’s,
the paths he treads are unfamiliar.
In his opinion we are counterfeit;
he holds aloof from our doings as though from filth;
he proclaims the final end of the virtuous as happy
and boasts of having God for his father.
Let us see if what he says is true,
let us observe what kind of end he himself will have.
If the virtuous man is God’s son, God will take his part
and rescue him from the clutches of his enemies.
Let us test him with cruelty and with torture,
and thus explore this gentleness of his
and put his endurance to the proof.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death
since he will be looked after – we have his word for it.’
This is the way they reason, but they are misled,
their malice makes them blind.
They do not know the hidden things of God,
they have no hope that holiness will be rewarded,
they can see no reward for blameless souls.

Responsorial Psalm 33(34):16,18,19-21,23

The Lord is close to the broken-hearted.
The Lord turns his face against the wicked
  to destroy their remembrance from the earth.
The just call and the Lord hears
  and rescues them in all their distress.
The Lord is close to the broken-hearted.
The Lord is close to the broken-hearted;
  those whose spirit is crushed he will save.
Many are the trials of the just man
  but from them all the Lord will rescue him.
The Lord is close to the broken-hearted.
He will keep guard over all his bones,
  not one of his bones shall be broken.
The Lord ransoms the souls of his servants.
  Those who hide in him shall not be condemned.
The Lord is close to the broken-hearted.

Gospel John 7:1-2,10,25-30

They would have arrested him, but his time had not yet come

Jesus stayed in Galilee; he could not stay in Judaea, because the Jews were out to kill him.
  As the Jewish feast of Tabernacles drew near, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went up as well, but quite privately, without drawing attention to himself. Meanwhile some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, ‘Isn’t this the man they want to kill? And here he is, speaking freely, and they have nothing to say to him! Can it be true the authorities have made up their minds that he is the Christ? Yet we all know where he comes from, but when the Christ appears no one will know where he comes from.’
  Then, as Jesus taught in the Temple, he cried out:
‘Yes, you know me
and you know where I came from.
Yet I have not come of myself:
no, there is one who sent me
and I really come from him,
and you do not know him,
but I know him because I have come from him
and it was he who sent me.’
They would have arrested him then, but because his time had not yet come no one laid a hand on him.
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The road less travelled

What does it mean to be Jesus’ disciples today? To be Jesus’ disciple means walking the road less travelled and taking a firm stand in living out the gospel values of love, compassion, and forgiveness, even in the face of opposition and ridicule. In today’s gospel, Jesus was aware that the religious leaders were looking for ways to get rid of Him. Thus, he went to the Feast of the Shelters privately rather than openly. However, Jesus, noticing the crowd, refused to let fear silence the Good News, so He began preaching in public. He faced the choice of taking the easy route by avoiding conflict or following the narrow path of doing what was right. He chose to remain faithful to the mission that God had entrusted to Him and walked the road less travelled.

Today, Jesus invites us with these words, “If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me” (Matthew 16:24). Jesus desires committed disciples who choose to walk behind Him and take the path He takes, even when it involves facing the challenges of misunderstanding and rejection. Let us remain faithful to our calling as Jesus’ disciples and to our mission of living a life of love to the very end.

Reflective question:
How can I live out my discipleship today?

 

Acknowledgment: Reflections are based on “Prayer for Living: The Word of God for Daily Prayer Year C” by Sr Maria Jose FMVD.

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