Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-15
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Esta noche estamos sembrando las semillas
del amor.
Jesus
said just prior to this Gospel, “Amen,
amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it
remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.”
Jesus
loved agricultural references since these were easily understood by the
listeners of his time.
The interesting
thing about seeds is they can remain dormant for many years and need certain
conditions to start the germination process to bring about new life.
Lo
interesante de las semillas es que permanecen inactivas durante muchos años y
necesitan ciertas condiciones para comenzar el proceso de germinación y traer
una nueva vida.
On this
Holy night, by washing the Apostle’s feet, Jesus is germinating the seeds of
love, the seeds of service, in the hearts of his closest followers.
En
esta noche santa, al lavar los pies de los apóstoles, Jesús está germinando las
semillas del amor, las semillas del servicio, en los corazones de sus
seguidores más cercanos.
Old
beliefs must die in order to make way for the new teaching of Jesus.
Las
viejas creencias deben morir para abrir el paso a la nueva enseñanza de Jesús.
But when
these old beliefs die, new beliefs demonstrated by Jesus can bring much new
life in our hearts.
Pero
cuando estas viejas creencias mueren, las nuevas creencias demostradas por
Jesús pueden tener una nueva vida en nuestros corazones.
Pedro
inicialmente se reusa a que Jesus le lave los pies.
Peter
initially refuses to let Jesus wash his feet.
Only the lowest of slaves would wash the master’s feet. That’s Jesus’ point:
How
willing are we to lower our status to serve someone in need?
¿Qué tan dispuestos estamos a despojarnos de
puestos o categorias para servir a alguien necesitado?
Our pride
needs to die in order to inherit His Kingdom.
This is
the message of this night.
As we
approach Easter, with hearts anew, may God grant us the grace to let old
beliefs die to bring about new life. May
these dormant seeds of love in our own hearts germinate and blossom to produce
much fruit.
This is the
divine model Jesus is asking us to follow on this Holy Thursday.
Al acercarnos
a la Pascua, con corazones renovados, que Dios nos otorgue la gracia de dejar
morir viejas creencias para traer una nueva vida. Que las semillas dormidas del
amor en nuestros propios corazones germinen y florezcan para producir mucho
fruto.
Jesus is
the grain of wheat. He’s about to die for us, for our sinfulness.
When we
open our hearts to His model of love and service, we, too, can join Jesus in
bringing His new life to the world.
Cuando
abrimos nuestros corazones a Sú modelo de amor y servicio, también podemos
unirnos a Jesús para traer Sú nueva vida al mundo.
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