Loss and service

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Meditation on Passion Sunday, year C2

We are slowly entering the mystery of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection. This is the time when Jesus revealed himself most fully as man and as God. A God who lost his deity and life to serve each of us with the mystery of the resurrection. Feel free to meditate together.

To start, take 45 minutes of time in some comfortable and quiet place. Sit down, open your Bible, read today’s passage carefully (Luke 22,14-23,56) and make the sign of the cross, you can light a candle. These are important gestures to confirm that you want to meet God in this prayer.

Close your eyes and try to feel your body. Feel your feet on the floor, your thighs, your hands, your own clothes, and finally your face. Please try this several times. Calm down, listen to your own deep breath. Please take about 5 minutes to do this.

Become aware of the presence of the Lord. Use your imagination, see how the Lord looks at you with love. Imagine the Upper Room, the Last Supper, the prayer of Jesus in the Garden of Olives. Look at Jesus, His face, and His words. Watch the students. Listen to them, feel the atmosphere of the Cenacle and Getesman.

I will ask the Father for the courage to accept His will for my life. For the courage to accept the losses in my life.

Let’s pause and meditate on the selected fragments (this is only a suggestion, you can choose others):

“There has also arisen a dispute between them as to which of them appears to be the greatest. But He said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and their rulers take the name of their benefactors. But that’s not what you should do. But let the greatest among you be as the youngest, and the chief like a servant. For who is greater? Is the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at the table? Well, I am among you as one who serves. ”

Jesus came into the world to serve man. God, the king, who wants to wash your feet and for me and lay down his life for us. God’s logic of salvation is the logic of loss and service. And how is it with my service to my neighbor in my everyday life? Who have I washed my feet lately? What does following Jesus mean for me? Is it the way of serving God and neighbor? Or rather the path of profit, business, thinking that God owes me something and must necessarily give me something, arrange something? Is Christianity for me a way to know and follow God, or is it a way to empty perfection, vain glory and greatness? What do I feel when I see God washing the feet of the apostles? How do I feel when God does not live up to my expectations? I will also become aware of my expectations of God, my desires, dreams and hopes. I will look at myself, I will be honest with myself and God. I will not judge myself.

“Father, if you like, take this cup from Me. But let not my will, but yours be done. ”

Jesus was fully aware of what he agreed to when he came into the world. He knew exactly what it involved, what pain and suffering it was. Even though he knew “the end of history” and the consequences of his death, he was afraid and did not want to do his Father’s will. At least for a while; “However, not my will, but yours be done.” This sentence expresses total dedication to the Father and consent to loss.

And can I accept the loss? What have I lost recently? What did I have to give God? Did I give it away with trust, entrustment, did I have a grudge, a grudge against God? I will look at this thing / case. What was that? Person, thing, business, work – see it again. Do I see the consequences of this loss? Do i want to see I will talk to Jesus about her, I will ask him to show me the meaning of this loss. I will try to imagine Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane saying, “Let not my will, but yours be done.” What could Jesus be feeling? I will talk to Jesus about his loss, fears, doubts, but also about trust and devotion. I will watch my feelings and thoughts. I will be honest with myself and God, but I will not be judged.

Closing conversation with Jesus as friend to friend. I will talk to Him about what was most important to me in this prayer. I can tell him about my difficulties, fears and fears. He does not judge me and does not reject me. He is with me always and everywhere.

Finally Our Father