March 11, 2016
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Reading 1
Wisdom
2:1A, 12-22
The
wicked said among themselves, thinking not aright: “Let us beset the just one,
because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings, Reproaches
us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our
training.
He
professes to have knowledge of God and styles himself a child of the LORD.
To
us he is the censure of our thoughts; merely to see him is a hardship for us,
Because
his life is not like that of others, and different are his ways.
He
judges us debased; he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure.
He
calls blest the destiny of the just and boasts that God is his Father.
Let
us see whether his words be true; let us find out what will happen to him.
For
if the just one be the son of God, he will defend him and deliver him from the
hand of his foes.
With
revilement and torture let us put him to the test that we may have proof of his
gentleness and try his patience. Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for
according to his own words, God will take care of him.”
These
were their thoughts, but they erred; for their wickedness blinded them,
and
they knew not the hidden counsels of God; neither did they count on a
recompense of holiness nor discern the innocent souls’ reward.
Responsorial Psalm 34:17-18, 19-20,
21 and 23
R.
(19a) The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.
The
LORD confronts the evildoers, to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. When
the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues
them.
R.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.
The
LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he
saves. Many are the troubles of the just man, but out of them all the LORD
delivers him.
R.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.
He
watches over all his bones; not one of them shall be broken. The LORD redeems
the lives of his servants; no one incurs guilt who takes refuge in him.
R.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.
Verse Before The Gospel
Matthew 4:4B
One
does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth
of God.
Gospel
John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
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 His hour had
not yet come.
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I personally encourage everyone to emulate JESUS' values on LOVE, FAITH, HOPE
and CHARITY, as the humanity has been a failure; which resulted to the more than two (2) years of pandemic and its after-effects on economy, not only here in the Philippines but worldwide.
And the saddest part of it, is that, it affected the POOREST of the POOR to even extremely be more poorer, in exchange of the affluent to be more richer.
Thank you and may GOD bless you and the whole family to have an enjoyed life's journey at home, Church, schools/universities, corporate commitments, public and places of interest.