by SrMaryTerzo | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD MARCH 24, 2023 Fourth FRIDAY of Lent WORD of the DAY Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret. Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” So, Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” So, they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because...
by SrMaryTerzo | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD MARCH 23, 2023 Fourth THURSDAY of Lent WORD of the DAY Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth. I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form, and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf. But you do...
by SrMaryTerzo | Mar 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD MARCH 22, 2023 Fourth WEDNESDAY of Lent WORD of the DAY Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God. Jesus answered and said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes. Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Amen, amen, I say to...
by SrMaryTerzo | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD MARCH 21, 2023 Fourth TUESDAY of Lent SOLEMNITY OF ST. JOSEPH WORD of the DAY There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me.” Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.” Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked. Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, “It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” He answered them, “The man who made me well...
by SrMaryTerzo | Mar 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD MARCH 20, 2023 Fourth Monday of Lent SOLEMNITY OF ST. JOSEPH WORD of the DAY Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. (Matthew 1: 16/18-21/24) “How shall I live this Word? A saying...
by SrMaryTerzo | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD MARCH 17, 2023 THIRD FRIDAY OF LENT WORD of the DAY One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Mark 12: 28b-31) “How shall I live this Word? Here a scribe approaches Jesus. The scribes were the infallible magisterium of the time, the only ones authorized to interpret the law and ask Jesus a question which he knew very well how to answer. But he was interested in knowing what was the most important commandment for Jesus, because for them it was the Sabbath rest, but by not respecting it, Jesus aroused perplexity. Jesus does not respond by quoting commandments, but by enunciating the profession of faith of the people of Israel: absolute love for God and love for each other. Faith is lived as love. God must be sought with...
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