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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 to Wednesday
the 8th week of Ordinary Time

St. Angela de la Cruz, a nun (1846-1932), St Nicolas Owen, Martyr (+ 1606)



Today's Commentary
St. Ephrem: "The Son of Man came ... to give his life "

readings of the day

10.32 to 45 Mc.
The disciples were traveling with Jesus up to Jerusalem, Jesus
before them, they were frightened, and those who followed were also
in fear. Taking again the Twelve with him, he began to tell their
what would happen to him:
"Here we go up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered
the chief priests and scribes, they will condemn him to death, they
deliver to the Gentiles,
they will laugh at him, they spit upon him, and flog and kill
, and three days later he will rise again. "
Jacques and John, the son of Zebedee, came to Jesus to
saying," Teacher, we want you to hear our
request. "
He said:" What would you have me do for you
? "
They replied:" Grant us to sit, one at
your right and the other at your left in your glory. "
Jesus said to them:" You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the cup that I drink, be baptized in
which I'll be dipped? "
They told him:" We can. He replied:
"The cup that I drink, you drink, and the baptism in
which I'll be dipped, you will receive.
but to sit at my right or my left is not my
grant, there are those for whom these places are prepared. "
The other ten had heard, and they were indignant and cons
Jean Jacques.
Jesus calls them and tells them: "You know: those that are
as rulers over the Gentiles lord it
their great ones make their authority felt.
Among you there must not be so. Whoever wants to become great will be your servant
.
Whoever wants to be first must be slave of all:
for the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and
give His life a ransom for many. "


From the Translation of Liturgical Bible - © AELF, Paris



Today's Commentary

Saint Ephrem (c. 306-373), deacon in Syria, Doctor of the Church
Commentary on the Diatessaron, 20, 2-7 (trans. SC 121, p. 344s)

"The Son of Man came ... to give his life"

"If possible, let this cup pass from me" (Mt 26.39).
Why hast thou taken Simon Peter said: "What this does not happen to you, Lord
! "(Matthew 16:22), which you now say:" If it is possible that
this cup pass from me "? He knew what he said to his Father, and
it was possible that this cup pass, but he had come to
drink for all, to pay this debt cut that death
prophets and martyrs could not pay ... He had described his
killing the prophets and had prefigured the mystery of his death
by the righteous, when it is time to eat his death, he did not
refused to drink it. If he had not wanted to drink, but the push, he would not
compared his body to the Temple in these words: "Destroy this Temple and
the third day, I will raise "(Jn 2:19);
he would not tell the son of Zebedee:" Can you drink the cup that I drink
? And again: "For me there is a baptism I am baptized"
(Luke 12.50) ...

"If possible, let this cup pass from me. He said it
because of the weakness he had covered not pretending but really
. Since it had been small and had actually lined
our weakness, he should be shaken in fear and weakness. Having
flesh, putting on the weakness eating when he was hungry, tired
work, overcome by sleep, had to be done everything
is the flesh when the time of his death came ...

To bring his passion for comfort to his disciples, Jesus
felt what they feel. He took him to their fear of their
show by the likeness of his soul, he should not boast about
to death before he had suffered. If, indeed, he who fears nothing
was scared and asked to be relieved when he knew it was impossible
, how much more should we persevere other
in prayer before the temptation to be issued when it presents itself ...
To give courage to those who fear death, he did not hide his own fear
, so they know that this fear does not lead to
sin as long as they do not live in it. "No, Father, Jesus said,
but thy will be done": I die to give life to a multitude
.




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