11 Untuk mereka yang mendengarkan Dia di situ, Yesus melanjutkan perkataan-Nya dengan suatu perumpamaan, sebab Ia sudah dekat Yerusalem dan mereka menyangka, bahwa Kerajaan Allah akan segera kelihatan. 2. Pinterest. This is not only a reference to the hour of anguish on the Mount of Olives but sums up the whole history of the Passion that embraces Jesus' entire life. It means being a compassionate person metriopathèin, the Greek text says that is, being at the core of human passion, really bearing with others the burden of their suffering, the temptation of our time: "God, where are you in this world?". This is what the Letter to the Hebrews says: "Our priest... is seated at the right hand of the throne... in the sanctuary, the true tent which is set up... by the Lord" (cf. Twitter. It is not mentioned here that the High Priest of the Most High God, King of Peace, worships God, Creator of Heaven and earth with bread and wine. Only with the Sacrament, this divine act that makes us priests in communion with Christ, can we accomplish our mission. Thứ Năm 15 Tháng Mười, 2020. The Vatican council marked a return to the centrality of the Word of God and a consequence of this was the rediscovering of lectio divina . Jesus weeps with loud cries. We know from the Gospels that Jesus cried out from the Cross: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" This would be being heard in the sense that God gives him the strength to bear the whole of this burden and so he was heard. Harnack, a liberal theologian, therefore wrote: "Here a not is missing", it must be written "He was not heard", and Bultmann accepted this interpretation. In the Roman canon after consecration we have the prayer supra quae that mentions certain prefigurations of Christ, his priesthood and his sacrifice: Abel, the first martyr, with his lamb; Abraham, whose intention is to sacrifice his son Isaac, replaced by the lamb sent by God; and Melchizedek, High Priest of God Most High who brings out bread and wine. Then Melchizedek we shall return to this point who is a pagan. God has instructed us in the Bible not to perform “special kinds of process[es]” or “formula[s],”11 as Thomas Keating calls lectio divina, to induce mystical experiences (see Deuteronomy 18:9-11); thus, we believe ample warning about lectio divina is warranted. Finally the Letter to the Hebrews sums up all this compassion in the word hypakoèn, obedience: it is all obedience. This is the response, it is God hearing him: I will glorify the Cross; it is the presence of divine glory because it is the supreme act of love. There is mutual interaction between a reader and Your Eminence, Dear Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood, It is always a very joyful as well as an important tradition for me to be able to begin Lent with my Presbyterium, the Priests of Rome. Take the Scriptures reverently and call upon the Holy Spirit. And Jesus, who is the true subject of the Psalms, truly bears this cry of humanity to God, to God's ears: "help us and hear us!". Rather, he offered himself and made this offering of himself with the very compassion that transforms the suffering of the world into prayer and into a cry to the Father. Thứ Hai 18 Tháng Mười Một, 2019. In a part of the Old Testament and especially in Qumran there are two separate lines of expectation: of the King and of the Priest. "Father, save me from this hour... Father glorify your name" (cf. Thus the whole of the religious world, the whole reality of sacrifices, of the priesthood that is in search of the true priesthood, the true sacrifice, finds in Christ its key, its fulfilment. Precisely this should be said, with the following really stimulating text: "Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears" (Heb 5: 7). Susținerea și alimentarea transmiterii credinței la nivel local prin transferul unei bogate experiențe de aprofundare a textului biblic, propus mai bine de 25 de ani în biserica „ Santa Maria in Traspontina ”, Roma. Lectio Divina: Thánh Têrêsa thành Avila, Tiến Sĩ Hội Thánh. He transforms the whole of suffering humanity, taking it to himself in a cry to God to hear him. Si prega di abilitare JavaScript per visualizzare questo sito web. Walaupun tidak terlalu tersebar luas dan dimaksudkan untuk mencapai kemanunggalan dengan Tuhan selain untuk memberikan pengertian spiritual dan kedamaian dari pengalaman ini. 8: 1-2). This would therefore be a hint of what St Luke tells us: an angel strengthened him (cf. The priest needs divine authorization, institution, and only by belonging to both spheres the divine and the human can he be a mediator, can he be a "bridge". Lectio divina on line 135 - Diumenge I d’Advent (Setmana del 23 al 29 de novembre) Cicle: B. Temps: Advent. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Nor, in this sense, is our own priesthood limited to the religious act of Holy Mass in which everything is placed in Christ's hands but all of our compassion to the suffering of this world so remote from God is a priestly act, it is prosphèrein, it is offering up. ©2021 - Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all'Argentina - Roma - It is a correct translation of the verb prosphèrein. For the Letter to the Hebrews, the essential element of our being human is being compassionate, suffering with others: this is true humanity. Lectio Divina: Lễ Cung Hiến Đền Thờ Thánh Phêrô và Phaolô ở Rôma, Lc 18:1-8. Being heard, in the fullest sense Fr Vanhoye emphasized this would mean "he was redeemed from death", however not for the moment, for that moment, but for ever, in the Resurrection: God's true response to the prayer to be saved from death is the Resurrection and humanity is saved from death precisely in the Resurrection which is the true healing of our suffering and of the terrible mystery of death. We therefore practice it every day, so that we may develop a deep and genuine love for it, and so that we may grow in the surpassing knowledge of Christ. I think it would be helpful to keep in mind the brief text in which St John, in chapter 12 of his Gospel, presents and recounts, in a very concise manner, the event on the Mount of Olives. However, the Author of the Letter to the Hebrews discovered a citation which until then had gone unnoticed: Psalm 110 [109]: 4 "You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek". Thus with these religious terms applied to the prayers and tears of Christ, it shows that Christ's tears, his anguish on the Mount of Olives, his cry on the Cross, all his suffering are nothing in comparison with his important mission. And this cry responds to a fundamental dimension of the Psalm: in the terrible moments of human life many Psalms are a loud cry to God: "Help us, hear us!". The Fathers stressed that he is one of the holy pagans of the Old Testament and this shows that even from paganism there is a path that leads to Christ. ©2021 - Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù all'Argentina - Roma - Chiesa del Gesù, Via degli Astalli, 16 - 00186 Roma Tel. A second term in this context is important. Hall of Blessings Thursday, 18 February 2010 . Continuing our reading, a sentence of difficult interpretation follows. For Heaven is open and people do not offer some thing, rather, the human being becomes one with God and this is true worship. One should choose a place free of distraction and a posture that is comfortable but conducive to prayer. Jesus' prayer was heard in the sense that his death truly becomes life, it becomes the place where he redeems the human being, where he attracts the human being to himself. I think that basically these two things go hand in hand: being of God and with God and being true man, in the true sense meant by the Creator when he formed this creature that we are. 12 Maka Ia berkata: “Ada seorang bangsawan berangkat ke sebuah negeri yang jauh untuk dinobatkan menjadi … Only in Christ is this need, this prerequisite of mediation fully brought about. Yet, on considering this problem closely, we see that these two things go together: Christ's obedience is the conformity of his will with the will of the Father; it is bringing the human will to the divine will, to the conformation of our will with God's will. Facebook. He must be man we shall come back to this point but he is unable, on his own, to make himself a mediator for God. The other element is that the priest must be man, human in all senses. Here is the true Jerusalem, at the same time heavenly and earthly, the tent which is the Body of God, which as a risen Body always remains a Body and embraces humanity. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Mùa Thường Niên Lectio Divina: Chúa Nhật XXIX Thường Niên (A) Chủ Nhật 18 Tháng Mười, 2020. Let us pray the Lord that he grant us to understand this Mystery ever better, that he make us live this mystery ever better and thus to offer our help so that the world may be opened to God, so that the world may be redeemed. Tema a XXVI-a: „Isus învață în sinagoga din Nazaret” – propusă de Oficiul pentru Cateheză al Diecezei de Iași în seria întâlnirilor Lectio Divina din Timpul de peste an – prezintă atât sosirea lui Isus la Nazaret și reacția oamenilor, cât și modul în care Isus a primit criticile concetățenilor săi (). Thus, with these fundamental elements, paganism too is on its way to Christ, and in a certain way, makes Christ's light present. We, as priests, are called to be ministers of this great Mystery, in the Sacrament and in life. Please confirm, if you accept our tracking cookies. This is the same prayer that we find in the Synoptic Gospels: "all things are possible to you... your will be done (cf. http://www.pitturalectiodivina.com L'esercizio costante della Pittura, nello Studio di Laura Grosso. In discovering this verse, the Author of the Letter to the Hebrews realized that the two promises are united in Christ: Christ is the true King, the Son of God in accordance with Psalm 2: 7, from which he quotes but he is also the true Priest. The Letter to the Hebrews does not speculate but reports only what Scripture says and there are various elements: he is a king of righteousness, he dwells in peace, he is king where peace reigns, he venerates and worships the Most High God, the Creator of Heaven and earth, and he brings out bread and wine (cf. The Author of this Letter introduced a new way of understanding the Old Testament as a Book that speaks of Christ. antonvil.codina@gmail.com. Thus, as the local Church of Rome but also as the universal Church, we can start out on this essential journey with the Lord towards the Passion, towards the Cross, the Easter journey. After Abraham's victory over several kings, Melchizedek, King of Salem, of Jerusalem, appears and brings out bread and wine. Lectio Divina adalah sebuah kalimat bahasa Latin untuk "pembacaan Ilahi" dan mewakili sebuah teknik monastik awal dari doa yang berlanjut dalam praktik di dalam kehidupan dan perutusan. Thus the pagan world too experiences the expectation and profound prefiguration of Christ's mystery. per acostar-se a la Paraula de Déu i endinsar-se millor en el seu significat. It is always a very joyful as well as an important tradition for me to be able to begin Lent with my Presbyterium, the Priests of Rome. This is achieved and reinforced day after day with short prayers in which we reconnect with God and become, increasingly, men of God who live in his communion and can thus speak of God and lead people to God. This is the great promise that is brought about in the Blessed Eucharist which ever anew opens the heavens. The Holy Father drew inspiration for his "lectio divina" from the following passages from the Letter to the Hebrews: © Copyright 2010 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana. La lectio divina és un mètode experimentat per la Tradició de l'Església. This means that not only does Jesus fulfil the Davidic promise, the expectation of the true King of Israel and of the world, but he also makes the promise of the real Priest come true. 06.697001 - Per inviare un e-mail Torna su Questo sito utilizza i cookie per analizzare il traffico a fini statistici ed in forma anonima . In fact the Letter to the Hebrews says that "he offered up prayers and supplications", "loud cries and tears" (5: 7). P. Anton M. Vilarrubias Codina, cmf. Our sacramental priestly ordination should be brought about and achieved existentially but also Christologically, and through precisely this, should bring the world with Christ and to Christ and, with Christ, to God: thus we really become priests, teleiothèis. The previous tradition had seen Christ above all, essentially, in the key of the Davidic promise, the promise of the true David, of the true Solomon, of the true King of Israel, the true King since he was both man and God. Fokus Lectio Divina bukan analisis teologis ayat-ayat Alkitab, tetapi melihat mereka dengan Kristus sebagai kunci maknanya. 06.697001 - Per inviare un e-mail Torna su Questo sito utilizza i cookie per analizzare il traffico a fini statistici ed in forma anonima . Thank you. Potaknuti Godinom Božje riječi u Požeškoj biskupiji, a s ciljem intenzivnijeg drugovanja s Božjom riječju i približavanja njezine poruke što širem broju vjernika svećenici Požeške biskupije snimaju kratke … La lectio divina esprime la realtà della Chiesa come creatura Verbi: questa si fonda sulla Parola di Dio, nasce convocata dalla Parola e vive in essa. It was here that God himself pitched his tent in the world, and this tent, this new, true Jerusalem is at the same time on earth and in Heaven because this Sacrament, this sacrifice, is ceaselessly brought about among us and always arrives at the throne of Grace, at God's presence. This seems to me important in the celebration of the Eucharist: here is gathered together all human prayer, all human desire, all true human devotion, the true search for God that is fulfilled at last in Christ. Moreover, we priests cannot withdraw to an Elysium. Obedience appears as an alienation, a servile attitude. In conclusion, lectio divina is a … Thus we see that in this very way he brings about the priesthood, the function of mediator, bearing in himself, taking on in himself the sufferings and passion of the world, transforming it into a cry to God, bringing it before the eyes and to the hands of God and thus truly bringing it to the moment of redemption. it should be said that the Heavens are now open, worship is no longer enigmatic, in relative signs, but true. Here let us say: "No, it is not true, his prayer went unheard, he is dead". On the Cross Jesus is raised above all the earth and attracts the earth to him; on the Cross the "Kabod" now appears, the true divine glory of God who loves even to the Cross and thus transforms death and creates the Resurrection. Hall of Blessings Thursday, 10 March 2011 . Already present here is a third level of understanding: Jesus' Resurrection is not only a personal event. One does not enjoy one's own freedom, one's freedom is subjected to another's will, hence one is no longer free but determined by another, whereas self-determination, emancipation, would be true human existence. And with this key it can reinterpret the Old Testament and show precisely that also the religious law abolished after the destruction of the Temple was actually moving towards Christ. And, at the same time, since it is a risen Body, it unites us with God. This is fundamental and the Son of God was made man precisely in order to be a priest, to be able to fulfil the priest's mission. "Not" does not appear in any of the manuscripts but "he was heard"; so we must learn to understand what "being heard" means, in spite of the Cross. Yet at the same time he bore the whole being, the whole of human suffering entered the Passion. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Another brief word, at least about Melchizedek. Jn 12: 28). The humanity of the priest does not correspond to the Platonic or Aristotelian ideal which claims that the true man is the one who lives in contemplation of the truth alone and so is blessed happy because he only has friendship with beautiful things, with divine beauty, while "the work" is left to others. This is how Christ showed his true humanity. Enélkül az a veszély fenyeget, hogy a szöveg mentségül szolgál arra, hogy soha ne lépjünk ki saját gondolatainkból. Bacaan hari ini: Roma 14:1-23 Bacaan setahun: Mazmur 73-74 “Sebab Kerajaan Allah bukanlah soal makanan dan minuman, tetapi soal kebenaran, damai sejahtera dan sukacita oleh Roh Kudus.” (Roma 14:17) Roma … Let us take another step: the true Jerusalem, God's Salem, is the Body of Christ, the Eucharist is God's peace with humankind. And this seems to me a first point for our meditation: the importance of the Sacrament. 19:11-28. If the divine response in John says: "I will glorify" you, it means that this glory transcends and passes through the whole of history over and over again: from your Cross, present in the Eucharist, it transforms death into glory. To be man: the Letter to the Hebrews stresses our humanity; we find this surprising for it says: "He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness" (5: 2). Jn 1: 14). Jesus is put to the test and he confronts this mystery in the very depths of his soul in the sorrow that is death and weeps. The criteria are: worshipping God Most High, the Creator, fostering righteousness and peace and venerating God in a pure way. "LECTIO DIVINA" GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI . Video lectio divina: 32. nedjelja kroz godinu (A) 7. studenoga 2020. With this "offered", prosphèrein, the Letter to the Hebrews says to us: this is the fulfilment of his priesthood, thus he brings humanity to God, in this way he becomes mediator, he becomes priest. Share This. L'important, però, no és el mètode, sinó aconseguir fer una «lectura orant» de la Paraula. Your Eminence, Dear Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood. Dòng Cát Minh, Phụ Tỉnh Thánh Giuse 95 Đường Số 38, Hiệp Bình Chánh, Thủ Đức, TP.