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Holy Wednesday, Scripture Readings Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 4/4/2018 Saints and Feasts: Holy Wednesday,George the Righteous of Maleon, Righteous Plato the Studite, Nicetas the Hieromartyr, Struggler of Serrai (1808), Righteous Zosimas, Theonas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, Founder and Renovator of the Sacred Monastery of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria, Halkidiki, Theodoulos and Agathopous of Thessaloniki Strict Fast Gospel Readings: John 12:17-50 At that time, the crowd that had been with Jesus when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing; look, the world has gone after him.” Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him. “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?” Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him; it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah again said, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.” Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And he who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.” When Jesus was at Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment and she poured it on his head, as he sat at table. But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given to the poor.” But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. In pouring this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial. Truly, I say to you wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.
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Današnji datum: 10. veljače 2014. "Zaista, zaista kežem vam: ako pšenično zrno, pavši na zemlju, ne umre, ostaje samo; ako li umre, donosi obilat rod." Čitanje svetog Evanđelja po Ivanu U ono vrijeme: Među onima koji su se došli klanjati na blagdan bijahu i neki Grci. Oni pristupe Filipu iz Betsaide galilejske pa ga zamole: "Gospodine, htjeli bismo vidjeti Isusa." Filip ode i kaže to Andriji pa Andrija i Filip odu i kažu Isusu. Isus im odgovori: "Došao je čas da se proslavi Sin Čovječji. Zaista, zaista, kažem vam: ako pšenično zrno, pavši na zemlju, ne umre, ostaje samo; ako li umre, donosi obilat rod. Tko ljubi svoj život, izgubit će ga. A tko mrzi život svoj na ovome svijetu, sačuvat će ga za život vječni. Ako mi tko hoće služiti, neka ide za mnom. I gdje sam ja, ondje će biti i moj služitelj. Ako mi tko hoće služiti, počastit će ga moj Otac. Duša mi je sada potresena i što da kažem? Oče, izbavi me iz ovoga časa? No, zato dođoh u ovaj čas! Oče, proslavi ime svoje!" Uto dođe glas s neba: "Proslavio sam i opet ću proslaviti!" Mnoštvo koje je ondje stajalo i slušalo govoraše: "Zagrmjelo je!" Drugi govorahu: "Anđeo mu je zborio." Isus na to reče: "Ovaj glas nije bio poradi mene, nego poradi vas. Sada je sud ovomu svijetu, sada će knez ovoga svijeta biti izbačen. A ja kad budem uzdignut sa zemlje, sve ću privući k sebi." To reče da označi kakvom će smrću umrijeti (Iv 12,20-33). U ovogodišnjoj pripravi za slavlje Isusove smrti i uskrsnuća Majka Crkva nas iz nedjelje u nedjelju vodi za Isusom na njegovom vazmenom putu. Prošlih korizmenih nedjelja prošli smo s Isusom pustinju, goru Tabor, jeruzalemski hram i upoznali tajnu Kristova križa. Danas, pete nedjelje korizme ili kako je u narodnom govoru nazivamo gluha nedjelja, Isus nas vodi k svome grobu. Isus je poput zrna pao u zemlju, ali je iz njegova groba izrastao plod otkupljenja, novi život odnosno novi svijet. Današnje evanđelje je najdublje vazmeno evanđelje: Isus se uspoređuje sa zrnom koje mora pasti na zemlju i umrijeti da bi donijelo rod. Evanđelje nam želi pokazati smisao Kristova groba: taj je smisao u Božjoj misli posve drugačiji nego u ljudskim mislima, u ljudskom prividu. Isusa su uzdigli na križ, mučilo sramote - ali po Božjem gledanju time su ga zapravo proslavili. Isus je odbačen od Židova - ali će to biti obilno nadoknađeno otkupljenjem mnoštva poganskih naroda. Isus će biti uzdignut, otrgnut sa zemlje - ali će upravo tada sve privući k sebi. Isus će poput zrna mrtav pasti u zemlju - ali će donijeti obilan rod. Istu neusporedivost Božjih namjera s ljudskim namjerama možemo naći u smislu Kristove smrti i groba, kao i smrti i groba svakog čovjeka. Sveto pismo izričito tvrdi da je smrt kazna Božja za čovjekov grijeh. Ona je ušla u svijet po grijehu prvog čovjeka Adama. Čovjek bi tu stao: Adam je sagriješio i zato je kažnjen, čovjek ne vidi ništa dalje. Za Boga, dobrog Oca, najvećeg čovjekovog prijatelja, to nije kraj: Bog i dalje ljubi svoju djecu, ljude. On u smrti gleda ne samo kaznu nego i spasonosni lijek: tko poslušno iz Božje ruke primi smrt kao izraz poslušnosti, smrt mu donosi spasenje. Isusova smrt, ukop i uskrsnuće objava su toga Božjeg plana sa svim ljudima. Zato se Isus i predstavlja kao zrno koje pada u zemlju ali ne da istrune nego da iz njega nikne novi život. I mi moramo s Kristom umrijeti, ako hoćemo da iz našeg groba iznikne novi život u uskrsnuću našega tijela. To umiranje s Kristom nije samo onaj posljednji čas kojim će završiti naš ovozemaljski život. Kršćanin vjernik mora svakodnevno umirati s Kristom. Svaka žrtva koju podnesemo za ljubav Bogu ili bližnjemu je dio te naše smrti, toga našeg umiranja. I ova korizma sa svojim elementima: postom, opraštanjem, molitvom, ljubavlju itd. je naše umiranje s Kristom. Još je jedna stvar presudno važna: ne pratimo samo mi Isusa u njegovoj muci i umiranju. Isus zapravo prati nas u svim našim mukama i u svakodnevnom našem umiranju. U svakoj svetoj misi, svetoj žrtvi Isusove smrti i uskrsnuća Isusovo tijelo u svetoj hostiji pada u zemlju našega tijela da ga sjedini sa sobom za prijelaz kroz smrt i grob u slavu uskrsnuća.