March 28, 2026 Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent Gospel: John 11:45-56
Today is the Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent. The passage from the Holy Gospel according to Saint John continues to present us with a narrative of Jesus before His Passion.
We often handle our interpersonal relationships according to our own thoughts and concerns. Some of us are unwilling to point out others’ mistakes and shortcomings face-to-face; instead, we prefer to criticize them behind their backs, even magnifying the slightest errors or flaws they have committed, yet we are reluctant to first reflect on whether we ourselves share similar shortcomings.
We often seek various reasons and excuses for the sins we commit, unwilling to confront the sins we have committed or accept who we are in the present moment. With eyes filled with hatred and jealousy, we drive out of our lives those sacred ministers of God’s Church who preach the Gospel of the Kingdom and set a holy example through their personal practice, as well as those brothers and sisters sent by the Lord to manifest His infinite mercy. We even report everything about them to their adversaries, hoping to ensure they never appear in our faith life again—just as the Jews did who came from Bethany (cf. John 11:45-46). For their hearts were so hardened that they refused to accept all that God revealed to them through His only Son and tried every means possible to prevent others from turning to God. Therefore, if we are unwilling to first examine our faith, accept who we are in the present, and follow Christ’s example by practicing charity in daily life—imitating Christ and attracting others to God through our acts of love—we will be like the chief priests and Pharisees who resolved to put Jesus to death (cf. John 11:47-50). They pursued all worldly power, refusing to completely surrender themselves to God to fulfil His will in all things.
As we draw nearer to Holy Week, let us now offer this prayer to God:
O God, who have made all those reborn in Christ a chosen race and a royal priesthood, grant us, we pray, the grace to will and to do what you command, that the people called to eternal life may be one in the faith of their hearts and the homage of their deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
在聖經中,我們經常可以看到拉匝祿。在聖路加福音中,我們看到耶穌對法利賽人說了一個比喻(參看:路16:19-31)。在這個比喻中,耶穌把拉匝祿描繪成一個身上長滿了瘡,樂意從富人桌上掉下來的殘羹剩飯的形象。他因天主的仁慈,得到了助佑,那個未及時援助他的富人,因未能善用天主賜給他的恩典,生活在不死不滅的火中。可敬者伯達(Bede the Venerable)告訴我們:我們的主耶穌基督復活的所有人中間,拉匝祿最受助佑,因為他死了四天,我們的主使他復活。(參看:聖多瑪斯·阿奎那,《黃金鎖鏈》第六卷)
在圣经中,我们经常可以看到拉匝禄。在圣路加福音中,我们看到耶稣对法利赛人说了一个比喻(参看:路16:19-31)。在这个比喻中,耶稣把拉匝禄描绘成一个身上长满了疮,乐意吃从富人桌上掉下来的残羹剩饭的形象。他因天主的仁慈,得到了助佑,那个未及时援助他的富人,因未能善用天主赐给他的恩典,生活在不死不灭的火中。可敬者伯达(Bede the Venerable)告诉我们:我们的主耶稣基督复活的所有人中间,拉匝禄最受助佑,因为他死了四天,我们的主使他复活。(参看:圣多玛斯·阿奎那,《黄金锁链》第六卷)
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