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LET US CONDEMN HIM TO DEATH

Friday, week 4 of Lent
'Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ?'

First Reading Wisdom 2:1a.12-22 
Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful death

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: 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 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.

My Father, you are full of compassion. Father, you are close to the broken-hearted. You are my comforter. When I am lost, your saving hand is near to save me. Father, you rescued me in all my afflictions and trials. Father, I praise you. Do not abandon me. Jesus, I trust in you. You are my Lord and Redeemer. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My Angel Guardian, pray for me.

Pray the Rosary. Let us pray for Israel. Jesus is Lord.

AELF:CONDAMNONS-LE À UNE MORT 
vendredi, 4ème Semaine de Carême
«Les autorités auraient-elles vraiment reconnu que c’est lui le Christ?»

Évangile Jean 7,1-2.10.14.25-30  
« Ils cherchaien à l’arrêter, mais son heure n’était pas encore venue »

En ce temps-là, Jésus parcourait la Galilée : il ne voulait pas parcourir la Judée car les Juifs cherchaient à le tuer. 

La fête juive des Tentes était proche. Lorsque ses frères furent montés à Jérusalem pour la fête, il y monta lui aussi, non pas ostensiblement, mais en secret. On était déjà au milieu de la semaine de la fête quand Jésus monta au Temple ; et là il enseignait. Quelques habitants de Jérusalem disaient alors : « N’est-ce pas celui qu’on cherche à tuer ? Le voilà qui parle ouvertement, et personne ne lui dit rien ! Nos chefs auraient-ils vraiment reconnu que c’est lui le Christ ? Mais lui, nous savons d’où il est. Or, le Christ, quand il viendra, personne ne saura d’où il est. » 

Jésus, qui enseignait dans le Temple, s’écria : « Vous me connaissez ? Et vous savez d’où je suis ? Je ne suis pas venu de moi-même : mais il est véridique, Celui qui m’a envoyé, lui que vous ne connaissez pas. Moi, je le connais parce que je viens d’auprès de lui, et c’est lui qui m’a envoyé. » On cherchait à l’arrêter, mais personne ne mit la main sur lui parce que son heure n’était pas encore venue.

Mon Père, tu es plein de compassion. Père, tu es proche du cÅ“ur brisé. Tu es mon consolateur. Quand mon esprit est abattu, ta main salvatrice est là pour me sauver. Père, tu m'as délivré  dans toutes mes afflictions, et mes épreuves. Père, je te loue. Ne m'abandonne pas. Jésus, j'ai confiance en toi. Tu es mon Seigneur et mon Rédempteur. Vierge Marie, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Mon Ange Gardien, priez pour moi.

Prions le Rosaire. Prions pour Israël. Jésus est Seigneur.

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