Lenten Recollection 2015

GLCUM 2015
LENTEN
RECOLLECTION!

Lent Etymology
• The word Lent, which we employ to denote
the forty days' fast preceding Easter, originally
meant no more than the spring season. Still it
has been used from the Anglo-Saxon period to
translate the more significant Latin term
quadragesima, meaning the "forty days", or
more literally the "fortieth day"

• On the Christian calendar, Lent is the 40-day
period from Ash Wednesday to Easter. When it
was first observed in the fourth century, its
focus was on self-examination and self-denial
in preparation for Easter, and Christians used
fasting (abstaining from eating food) in the
early years as a visible demonstration of this
process. (Richard Wagner)

• Ash Wednesday, the day
after Mardi Gras, usually
begins with a service
where we:
-recognize our mortality,
-repent of our sins, and
-return to our loving God.
• We recognize life as a
precious gift from God,
and re-turn our lives
towards Jesus Christ.

Why ashes?
• In Jewish and Christian history, ashes are a
sign of mortality and repentance.
• This was their way of confessing their sins and
asking for forgiveness.

• While the ashes remind us of our mortality
and sin, the cross reminds us of Jesus'
resurrection (life after death) and forgiveness.
• It's a powerful, non-verbal way that we can
experience God's forgiveness and renewal as
we return to Jesus.

40 (FORTY)
• It rained for 40 days and 40 nights.
(Genesis 7:12).
• Moses was on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.
(Exodus 24:18, 34:1 - 28)
• The Israelites wandered 40 years.
(Numbers 32:13)
• Jesus fasted in the wilderness for 40 days.
(Mk. 1:12-15 , Mt 4,Lk. 4)
• Was seen on the earth for 40 days after His crucifixion.
(Acts 1:3)

Significance of the number 40 in the Bible
Mentioning 146 times in Scripture, the number 40
generally symbolizes a period of testing, trial or
probation and ends with a period of restoration,
revival or renewal.

Recollecting the
Gospels of Lent

1st Sunday of Lent:
-Mk. 1:12-15
(He was tempted by Satan, and the angels looked after him.)
2nd Sunday of Lent:
-Mk. 9:2-10
(this is my son, the beloved; listen to him.)
3rd Sunday of Lent:
-Jn. 2:13 / Jn. 4:5-42
(Destroy this sanctuary and in three days I will raise it up.)
4th Sunday of Lent:
-Jn. 3:14-21
(God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son.)

1st Sunday of Lent:
-Mk. 1:12-15
(He was tempted by Satan, and the
angels looked after him.)

2nd Sunday of Lent:
-Mk. 9:2-10
(this is my son, the beloved; listen to him.)

3rd Sunday of Lent:
-Jn. 2:13 / Jn. 4:5-42
(Destroy this sanctuary and in three days I will
raise it up.)

4th Sunday of Lent:
-Jn. 3:14-21
(God loved the world so much that he gave
his only Son.)

5th Sunday of Lent
Jn. 12:20-33 / Jn. 11:1-45
( If a grain of wheat falls on the ground
and dies, it yields a rich harvest. )

Scripture: John 19:31-37
• 31 Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to
prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the
sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), the Jews
asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that
they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and
broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had
been crucified with him; 33 but when they came to
Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not
break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his
side with a spear, and at once there came out blood
and water.

• 35 He who saw it has borne witness -- his
testimony is true, and he knows that he tells
the truth -- that you also may believe. 36 For
these things took place that the scripture
might be fulfilled, "Not a bone of him shall be
broken." 37 And again another scripture says,
"They shall look on him whom they have
pierced."

"Not a bone of him shall be broken."
• The law of Moses stated that the lamb
sacrificed for the Passover feast must not have
any bones broken.
• "They shall leave none of it until the morning,
nor break a bone of it; according to all the
statute for the passover they shall keep it."
(Numbers 9:12).

“They will look
upon him
whom they have
pierced”
Jn. 19:37

"They shall look on him whom
they have pierced."
• …when they look on him whom they have
pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one
mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly
over him, as one weeps over a first-born."
(Zechariah 10:12)

What is the significance of the water
and blood flowing from Jesus' pierced
side?
• It is likely that John saw in it a sign of the
waters of baptism which cleanses us from sin
• and the cleansing blood of the Lord's Supper.
"This cup which is poured out for you is the
new covenant in my blood." (Luke 22:20)

• And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up.
(Jn 3:14; cf. Numbers 21:9)
• And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will
draw everyone to myself." Jn 12:32

“They will look upon him whom they have
pierced”
Jn. 19:37
He himself bore our sins in his body upon the
cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for
righteousness.
By his wounds you have been healed.
For you had gone astray like sheep, but
you have now returned to the shepherd and
guardian of your souls.
(1Peter 24-25)

EASTER TRIDUUM
Evening of Holy ThursdayEvening of Good
Friday (1st full day)
Evening of Good FridayEaster Vigil
(2nd full day)
Easter VigilEaster Evening
(3rd full day)

EASTER TRIDUUM
The Last Supper, His trial and crucifixion, His time in the tomb,
and His Resurrection from the dead. In this way, "the mystery of
the Resurrection, in which Christ crushed death, permeates with
its powerful energy our old time, until all is subjected to him"
(CCC 1169). During these three days of contemplation and
anticipation the liturgies emphasize the sacrificial death of
Christ on the Cross, and the sacraments of baptism and the
Eucharist, by which the faithful enter into the life-giving Passion
of Christ and grow in hope of eternal life in Him.”
-Carl E. Olson

Easter Vigil:
Celebration of the
Lord’s Resurrection
“Easter is the high point of the
year”

Suffering
Sulat ni Apostol Pablo
sa mga taga Roma
8:17
At kung mga anak,
ay mga tagapagmana
nga; mga
tagapagmana sa
Dios, at mga
kasamang
tagapagmana ni
Cristo; kung gayon
nga makipagtiis tayo
sa kaniya, upang
tayo'y lumuwalhati
namang kasama niya.

PERSONAL REFLECTION
What is your story of
HAPPINESS AND
SORROWS ?

Panalangin, Pagaayuno at Pag-aabuloy
Pakikiisa kay Kristo at paghahanda sa muling
pagkabuhay.
Ang tatlong aspetong ito ay konektado sa isat-
isa.

Lenten Recollection 2015

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