Daily Retreat 05/08/09
2009 May 8 Fri:Easter Weekday
Acts 13:26-33/ Ps 2:6-7. 8-9. 10-11ab/ Jn 14:1-6
From today’s readings: “We ourselves are proclaiming this good news to you that what God promised our fathers He has brought to fulfillment for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, You are My Son; this day I have begotten You.... I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Paul’s Speech in Antioch of Pisidia (Part II)
The first part of Paul’s sermon in Antioch of Pisidia (covered yesterday) was an overview of salvation history in the Old Testament, up to the witness of John the Baptist. The second part of Paul’s speech is a summary of the passion, death, and Resurrection of Christ - the heart of the Gospel!
Remember, this address was given in a Jewish synagogue, so notice that Paul attributes the responsibility of Jesus’ death, not to Jews in general, but only to “the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders [who] failed to recognize Him.” The scandal of the cross is explained by pointing out how it “fulfilled the oracles of the prophets that are read Sabbath after Sabbath,” and “what God promised our fathers, He has brought to fulfillment for us, their children, by raising up Jesus!” Paul’s quotation of the second psalm (appropriately echoed in the lectionary’s responsorial psalm) is followed by other scripture quotations, but those verses (13:34-43) are omitted from the lectionary.
Acts 13:26-33/ Ps 2:6-7. 8-9. 10-11ab/ Jn 14:1-6
From today’s readings: “We ourselves are proclaiming this good news to you that what God promised our fathers He has brought to fulfillment for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, You are My Son; this day I have begotten You.... I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Paul’s Speech in Antioch of Pisidia (Part II)
The first part of Paul’s sermon in Antioch of Pisidia (covered yesterday) was an overview of salvation history in the Old Testament, up to the witness of John the Baptist. The second part of Paul’s speech is a summary of the passion, death, and Resurrection of Christ - the heart of the Gospel!
Remember, this address was given in a Jewish synagogue, so notice that Paul attributes the responsibility of Jesus’ death, not to Jews in general, but only to “the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their leaders [who] failed to recognize Him.” The scandal of the cross is explained by pointing out how it “fulfilled the oracles of the prophets that are read Sabbath after Sabbath,” and “what God promised our fathers, He has brought to fulfillment for us, their children, by raising up Jesus!” Paul’s quotation of the second psalm (appropriately echoed in the lectionary’s responsorial psalm) is followed by other scripture quotations, but those verses (13:34-43) are omitted from the lectionary.
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