{"id":1650,"date":"2024-03-29T10:47:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/?page_id=1650"},"modified":"2024-10-25T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:10:15","slug":"good-friday-year-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/good-friday-year-b\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2014Weekly\u2014Good Friday – Year B"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him– so marred was his look beyond human semblance and his appearance beyond that of the sons of man– so shall he startle many nations, because of him kings shall stand speechless; for those who have not been told shall see, those who have not heard shall ponder it. Who would believe what we have heard? To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched earth; there was in him no stately bearing to make us look at him, nor appearance that would attract us to him. He was spurned and avoided by people, a man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity, one of those from whom people hide their faces, spurned, and we held him in no esteem. Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed. We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way; but the LORD laid upon him the guilt of us all. Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers,
he was silent and opened not his mouth. Oppressed and condemned, he was taken away, and who would have thought any more of his destiny? When he was cut off from the land of the living, and smitten for the sin of his people, a grave was assigned him among the wicked and a burial place with evildoers, though he had done no wrong nor spoken any falsehood. But the LORD was pleased to crush him in infirmity. If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him. Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear. Therefore I will give him his portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoils with the mighty, because he surrendered himself to death and was counted among the wicked; and he shall take away the sins of many, and win pardon for their offenses.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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R (Lk 23:46) Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.<\/strong><\/em> In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice rescue me. Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God.
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For all my foes I am an object of reproach, a laughingstock to my neighbors, and a dread to my friends; they who see me abroad flee from me. I am forgotten like the unremembered dead; I am like a dish that is broken.
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But my trust is in you, O LORD; I say, \u201cYou are my God. In your hands is my destiny; rescue me from the clutches of my enemies and my persecutors.\u201d
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Brothers and sisters: Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. In the days when Christ was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. Judas his betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. So Judas got a band of soldiers and guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to him, went out and said to them, \u201cWhom are you looking for?\u201d They answered him, \u201cJesus the Nazorean.\u201d He said to them, \u201cI AM.\u201d Judas his betrayer was also with them. When he said to them, \u201cI AM, \u201c they turned away and fell to the ground. So he again asked them, \u201cWhom are you looking for?\u201d They said, \u201cJesus the Nazorean.\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cI told you that I AM. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.\u201d This was to fulfill what he had said, \u201cI have not lost any of those you gave me.\u201d Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest\u2019s slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave\u2019s name was Malchus. Jesus said to Peter, \u201cPut your sword into its scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup that the Father gave me?\u201d So the band of soldiers, the tribune, and the Jewish guards seized Jesus, bound him, and brought him to Annas first. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews that it was better that one man should die rather than the people. Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Now the other disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus. But Peter stood at the gate outside. So the other disciple, the acquaintance of the high priest,
went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter in. Then the maid who was the gatekeeper said to Peter, \u201cYou are not one of this man\u2019s disciples, are you?\u201d He said, \u201cI am not.\u201d Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire that they had made, because it was cold, and were warming themselves. Peter was also standing there keeping warm. The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his doctrine. Jesus answered him, \u201cI have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in a synagogue or in the temple area where all the Jews gather, and in secret I have said nothing. Why ask me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them. They know what I said.\u201d When he had said this, one of the temple guards standing there struck Jesus and said, \u201cIs this the way you answer the high priest?\u201d Jesus answered him, \u201cIf I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?\u201d Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. Now Simon Peter was standing there keeping warm. And they said to him, \u201cYou are not one of his disciples, are you?\u201d He denied it and said, \u201cI am not.\u201d One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, \u201cDidn\u2019t I see you in the garden with him?\u201d Again Peter denied it. And immediately the cock crowed. Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and said, \u201cWhat charge do you bring against this man?\u201d They answered and said to him, \u201cIf he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.\u201d At this, Pilate said to them, \u201cTake him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.\u201d The Jews answered him, \u201cWe do not have the right to execute anyone, \u201c
in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die. So Pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, \u201cAre you the King of the Jews?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cDo you say this on your own or have others told you about me?\u201d Pilate answered, \u201cI am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cMy kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here.\u201d So Pilate said to him, \u201cThen you are a king?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cYou say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.\u201d Pilate said to him, \u201cWhat is truth?\u201d When he had said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, \u201cI find no guilt in him. But you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at Passover. Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?\u201d They cried out again, \u201cNot this one but Barabbas!\u201d Now Barabbas was a revolutionary. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head,
and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said, \u201cHail, King of the Jews!\u201d And they struck him repeatedly. Once more Pilate went out and said to them, \u201cLook, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no guilt in him.\u201d So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak. And he said to them, \u201cBehold, the man!\u201d
When the chief priests and the guards saw him they cried out, \u201cCrucify him, crucify him!\u201d Pilate said to them, \u201cTake him yourselves and crucify him. I find no guilt in him.\u201d The Jews answered, \u201cWe have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.\u201d Now when Pilate heard this statement, he became even more afraid, and went back into the praetorium and said to Jesus, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d Jesus did not answer him. So Pilate said to him, \u201cDo you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?\u201d Jesus answered him, \u201cYou would have no power over me if it had not been given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.\u201d Consequently, Pilate tried to release him; but the Jews cried out, \u201cIf you release him, you are not a Friend of Caesar. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.\u201d When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and seated him on the judge\u2019s bench in the place called Stone Pavement, in Hebrew, Gabbatha. It was preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon. And he said to the Jews, \u201cBehold, your king!\u201d They cried out, \u201cTake him away, take him away! Crucify him!\u201d Pilate said to them, \u201cShall I crucify your king?\u201d The chief priests answered, \u201cWe have no king but Caesar.\u201d Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and, carrying the cross himself, he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, \u201cJesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews.\u201d
Now many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, \u201cDo not write \u2018The King of the Jews,\u2019 but that he said, \u2018I am the King of the Jews\u2019.\u201d Pilate answered, \u201cWhat I have written, I have written.\u201d When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier. They also took his tunic, but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top down. So they said to one another, \u201cLet\u2019s not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it will be, \u201c in order that the passage of Scripture might be fulfilled that says: They divided my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. This is what the soldiers did. Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, \u201cWoman, behold, your son.\u201d Then he said to the disciple, \u201cBehold, your mother.\u201d And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, \u201cI thirst.\u201d There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, \u201cIt is finished.\u201d And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit. Here all kneel and pause for a short time. Now since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for the sabbath day of that week was a solemn one, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken and that they be taken down. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first
and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out. An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true; he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you also may come to believe. For this happened so that the Scripture passage might be fulfilled: Not a bone of it will be broken. And again another passage says: They will look upon him whom they have pierced. After this, Joseph of Arimathea, secretly a disciple of Jesus for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it. So he came and took his body. Nicodemus, the one who had first come to him at night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about one hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and bound it with burial cloths along with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom. Now in the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried. So they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation day; for the tomb was close by.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For Fr. Glenn\u2019s reflection on the Passion of the Lord see Palm Sunday reflection<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As many of you know I was a Certified Public Accountant for 19 years before entering the seminary to study for the priesthood. One of those years I found myself in Jacksonville Florida during Holy Week. We were supposed to wrap up our meetings on Wednesday, but the negoti-ations were not going well, and we found ourselves in rather heated meetings on Good Friday morning. A few minutes before noon I apologized, excused myself and I went looking for a church to venerate the Cross. I drove the rental car until I saw a church. It was a large church in the round. I pulled into the parking lot and ran in. It was shortly after noon.
When I arrived, they had just begun to read the Passion. It was divided into parts, and it was a very dramatic reading. They paused at the time of the scourging, and someone was cracking a whip. After that someone began pounding with a hammer on a wooden cross in the sanctuary. There were people wailing and sobbing bitterly. All these sounds were echoing throughout the church. Never had I experienced the reading of the Passion with such emotion. After the Pas-sion ended and Jesus was buried in the tomb there was a long period of silence. Sobs and snif-fling were the only sounds that could be heard.
A frail elderly pastor made his way to the ambo. He was short in stature such that he could hardly be seen standing behind the podium. In a very weak and shaky voice, he said, \u201cIt\u2019s Fri-day but Sunday\u2019s a coming.\u201d Then there was a long period of silence. Then in a slightly louder voice he repeated, \u201cIt\u2019s Friday but Sunday\u2019s a coming.\u201d More silence. Then in a louder voice he repeated, \u201cIt\u2019s Friday but Sunday\u2019s a coming.\u201d Someone from the back yelled out, \u201cPreach it brother.\u201d Again, in a stronger and more confident voice he proclaimed, \u201cIt\u2019s Friday but Sun-day\u2019s a coming.\u201d People started to stand and raise their hands in the air as he continued in a stronger and stronger voice to proclaim, \u201cIt\u2019s Friday but Sunday\u2019s a coming.\u201d This went on for 45 minutes to an hour. I had lost track of time.
I found myself standing on my chair with about 2,000 people waving my hands to heaven singing \u201cAlleluia!\u201d as he continued to proclaim, \u201cIt\u2019s Friday but Sunday\u2019s a coming.\u201d That en-tire congregation was transformed from mourning and tears of sadness into rejoicing and tears of joy. He brought us from the Cross to the empty tomb, from the Passion to the joy of the Res-urrection, from the darkness of Good Friday to the bright light of Easter dawn. We were now looking back at the Cross through the lens of the Resurrection.
From that moment on I have always looked back at the Passion with the victory of the Res-urrection in mind. The Cross once an ancient symbol of torcher and death now has become the universal symbol of life and of love. As Pope Benedict XVI once pointed out, the Crucifix is where the definition of authentic love must begin. It is the ultimate act of love in human history that we celebrate on Good Friday. We know that the Cross did not have the final word. The Cross without the Resurrection would have been a victory for satan and for darkness. But East-er Sunday changes all of that. The victory has been won. Death where is your sting?
God\u2019s grace comes pouring into the world from the pierced side of Christ. The temple veil was rent from top to bottom. Heaven\u2019s gate is opened forever. That which once separated us from God has been torn asunder. We are the Easter People, the People of the Resurrection. The Alleluia that we sing on Easter Sunday we now sing on Good Friday as well. Two thou-sand years have come and gone, and the Cross remains constant, the tomb remains empty, and we are still the Easter People and Alleluia is our song! Preach it with your life!<\/p>

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI first encountered Fr. Glenn\u2019s preaching on Ash Wednesday, 2006.\u00a0 It only took one homily, and my family and I realized that Fr. Glenn has a very special gift.\u00a0 Fr. Glenn is clearly very spiritual, and that comes through in all of his homilies and reflections.\u00a0 His spirituality is not aloof, or inaccessible.\u00a0 His holiness is authentic, grounded, accessible and on fire.\u00a0 And, that fire is shared, such that the listener also becomes on fire, and inspired to go deeper with Scripture, with God and with our neighbor.\u00a0 Fr. Glenn has inspired me to engage at the deepest level and to work to find my spiritual path, always encouraging, mentoring, coaching.\u00a0 I would strongly encourage anyone who can to attend one of his Masses, homilies, or podcasts.\u00a0 Catch the fire of the Holy Spirit working through Fr. Glenn!!!\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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