Jesus’s Passion in Holy Week

 

Holy Week

Passion of Christ Part VI

On 14th April 2025

 

Lord, strengthen us by your Spirit to be part of Your mission to share and spread the Gospel to entire world.

 

 

   Matthew 16:21 (NJB): From then onwards Jesus began to make it clear to his disciples that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day. He then made it clear to his apostles and disciples during his career that he would suffer in order to save the world. To his apostles, whom he regards as brothers and friends, he never withholds anything. Jesus consistently stated that his suffering and death on the Cross were sacrifices done in accordance with the Heavenly Father's will. He declared that he would be raised from the dead on the third day in order to permanently vanquish Satan and the death of souls. We can thus put our faith in Christ Jesus, who will save us and provide us everlasting eternal life. Matthew 16:22–23 (NJB): Peter started to rebuke him. ‘Heaven preserve you, Lord,’ he said, ‘this must not happen to you.’ 23 But he turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my path, because you are thinking not as God thinks but as human beings do.’ When Jesus revealed the sufferings and death on the cross to the apostles, Peter was not ready to accept the reality of this mystery. Peter said, this should not happen to Jesus. Jesus rebuked Peter and called him Satan, because Peter was not thinking in Godly perspective but with the human standard. The sufferings, passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus has given us hope of life, and the faith in him made us to participate in his sufferings. Same way our sacrifices for the kingdom of God is essential to carry out the mission which Jesus has endured to us. Let us pray, Lord, strengthen us by Your Spirit to be part of Your mission to share and spread the Gospel to entire world.