Catechism Links[1]
CCC 602-618. 1992: the Passion of Christ
CCC 612, 2606, 2741: the prayer of Jesus
CCC 467, 540, 1137: Christ the High Priest
CCC 2825: Christ’s obedience and ours
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| “Pietà” by Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1530 |
Readings for Good Friday[2][3]
Commentary:
Reading 1: Isaiah 52:13—53:12
Commentary on Is 52:13—53:12
The last of the four “Servant of the Lord” oracles is used on Good Friday. A lament for the prophet’s own ill treatment and a prediction of the passion is seen here, beginning with the scourged servant and flowing into the salvific image (“Yet it was our infirmities that he bore”). We are reminded that what the servant bore, he took upon himself willingly (“Though he was harshly treated, he submitted”).
The later paragraphs describe how the servant becomes the “sin offering,” a sacrifice in the Jewish tradition in atonement for sins. In this case we are told, “…he shall take away the sins of many, and win pardon for their offenses.”
CCC: Is 52:13-53:12 713; Is 53:1 591; Is 53:4-6 1505; Is 53:4 517, 1505; Is 53:7-8 601; Is 53:7 608; Is 53:8 627; Is 53:10-12 440, 615; Is 53:10 623; Is 53:11-12 601; Is 53:11 64, 579, 601, 623, 1502; Is 53:12 536, 608
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Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25
R. (Lk 23:46) Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.
Commentary on Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25
The psalm response is taken from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 23;46) and the psalm selection is a lament of the people. It echoes the willingness with which the servant submits in Isaiah’s narrative. We also hear of the Lord’s mercy and strength.
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Reading II: Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
Commentary on Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9
In the Book of Hebrews we hear St. Paul
In the second paragraph we see that while Jesus was afraid of the passion, he submitted to the will of the Father. In doing so he became the source of our eternal salvation.
CCC: Heb 4:14-15 1137; Heb 4:15 467, 540, 609, 612, 2602; Heb 4:16 2778; Heb 5:1-10 1564; Heb 5:7-9 609, 2606; Heb 5:7-8 612, 1009; Heb 5:7 2741; Heb 5:8 2825; Heb 5:9 617
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Gospel: John 18:1—19:42
Commentary on Jn 18:1—19:42
Many of the specific details of the Passion accounts found in Matthew, Mark and Luke are omitted in St. John’s account (the agony in the garden and the kiss of Judas; nor does he identify the place as Gethsemane or the Mount of Olives.[5]) Also unlike the synoptic Gospels, St. John
In St. John’s
The role of Mary in John’s narrative is significant in that her role represents the Church, the mother of Christians now being given to the care of the Disciple whom Jesus loved. This hand off of the Church was the Lord’s last dying act. Finally we are given the final symbols of the perfect sacrifice; Jesus’ legs are not broken (because according to Jewish Law, the legs of a sacrificial animal are not to be broken) and water (representing baptism) and blood (representing Eucharist) flow from his side.
(Detailed commentary on much of the Passion narrative can be found in the compiled commentary.)
CCC: Jn 18:4-6 609; Jn 18:11 607; Jn 18:12 575; Jn 18:20 586; Jn 18:31 596; Jn 18:36 549, 600; Jn 18:37 217, 559, 2471; Jn 19:11 600; Jn 19:12 596; Jn 19:15 596; Jn 19:19-22 440; Jn 19:21 596; Jn 19:25-27 726, 2618; Jn 19:25 495; Jn 19:26-27 501, 964, 2605; Jn 19:27 2677, 2679; Jn 19:28 544, 607, 2561, 2605; Jn 19:30 607, 624, 730, 2605; Jn 19:30b 2605; Jn 19:31 641; Jn 19:34 478, 694, 1225; Jn 19:36 608; Jn 19:37 1432; Jn 19:38-39 595; Jn 19:38 575; Jn 19:42 624, 641
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Reflection:
Keeping our tradition, as we recall the Lord’s passion, let us also consider why it was so necessary. To this end as is our tradition, we offer the Litany of the Thirty Pieces of Silver:
Father forgive me
Christ forgive me
Holy Spirit make me one with you
- When I deny you Lord, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I place anything before my love of you, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I worship the things of the world, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I make idols of money and wealth, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I make idols of fame and praise, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I set anything as a god to be worshiped, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I curse another using your name, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I use your name for my own purposes, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I take pleasure in blasphemy, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When the Sabbath is forgotten for servile labor, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
Father forgive me
Christ forgive me
Holy Spirit make me one with you
- When I excuse myself from Sunday Mass for frivolous reasons, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I decide the Sabbath is mine to enjoy and forget you, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I reject my parent’s love, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I dishonor my mother and my father, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I disrespect or say hurtful things to others, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I accept the killing of another as just, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I turn my back on a person’s life, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I consider harm to another in my heart, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I forget the dignity of human love, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I allow my sexual appetites to control my actions, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
Father forgive me
Christ forgive me
Holy Spirit make me one with you
- When I slake my sexual desires, demeaning another, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I take that which belongs to another, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I justify appropriating something I did not pay for, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I rationalize something is owed to me for which I have not paid, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I fail to tell the truth, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I purposely share false information, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I participate in hurtful speculation about another, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I desire material things more that your love, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I place life’s passions in front of my passion for you, Lord, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
- When I wish for the life of this world more than eternal life with you, I accept a piece of Judas’ silver –forgive me!
Father forgive me
Christ forgive me
Holy Spirit make me one with you
Merciful Lord, Judas Iscariot accepted thirty pieces of silver and betrayed you with a kiss. May we who have sinned against you accept your forgiveness and vow to avoid sin in the future. We reject our past actions that have turned love to hate and crave nothing in this world more than your love and friendship. We ask for your strength, flowing through the Holy Spirit, to make us strong so that we may take up our cross and follow you. -Amen
Pax
[1] Catechism links are taken from the Homiletic Directory, Published by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 29 June 2014
[3] The picture used is “Pietà” by Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1530
[5] See NAB Footnote on John 18: 1ff
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