2a Semana da Quaresma: Quarta-feira, dia 16, fulan Março, 2022 March 16, 2022

Reflection on the WORD

Maluk sira mak Kristu hadomi,

Jesus, Salvador ne’ebé Humilde: Iha Evangelho ohin, Jesus halo profesia katak Nia sei sofre, mate no moris hias husi mate iha Jerusalém. Mai ita reflete: “Jesus konvida ita atu harohan hodi hetan forsa no sabedoria atu sai humilde liu tan hanesan Nia, hodi loro-loron moris tuir Evangelho Salvasaun nian. Ita nia resposta ba ida ne’e ho fuan tomak ka la’e?

Fr Philip Heng,S.J.

Mt 20:17-19,25-28

17Sa’e dau-daun ba Jerusalem, Jesus bolu ketak sira na’in sanulu resin rua hodi dehan ba sira: 18“Ita sa’e ba Jerusalem. Ema sei saran Oan Mane ba amlulik boot no eskriba sira, ne’ebé sei tesi lia atu Nia mate. 19Hafoin sira sei saran Nia ba gentiu sira atu hamoe Nia, baku Nia hodi hedi Nia ba krus. Liu tiha loron tolu, Nia sei moris hi’as”. 25Jesus bolu sira hodi dehan ba sira: “Imi hatene katak na’i ulun gentiu sira nian ukun povu hodi kbiitt. 26Imi sei la halo hanesan ne’e; maibe iha imi le’et se mak hakarak sai boot, nia sei sai imi nia atan; 27no ida ne’ebé hakarak sai uluk, nia sei sai imi nia atan. 28Hanesan Oan Mane mai, la’os atu ema serbi Nia, maibe atu serbi no saran nia moris atu soi ema barak.”

Today's Pointers on God's Word

As you read the passage what words, phases or meanings caught your attention?

  • Ita koko atu serbí malu hodi hetan salvasaun no salvasaun ne’e ba ema hotu hanesan Jesus hatudu ona ba ita. Ita hakarak no disponível ka la’e atu serbí ema seluk iha ita nia moris loro-loron?
  • Ita simu batismu iha Jesus. Ida ne’e la significa katak ita atu domina ema hotu. Jesus dehan: “ema ne’ebé maka hakarak sai bo’ot entre nia maluk sira, presiza sai hanesan atan.”
  • Ita nia sosiedade secular sukat ita nia susesu sira bazea ba quantidade rikusoin nian, influensia no pozisaun. Maibé, Jesus halo sasukat bazea ba qualidade sira Kristu nian ne’ebé ita iha no halo tuir iha loro-loron.