1. Lent 2017 – St. Joseph’s Church
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Lent 2017 – St. Joseph’s Church

2. How did it go this week?
Have our weather events helped or hindered your Lenten commitments?
Getting started!

3. What are the seven last words of christ?
Father forgive them, they do not know what they are doing.
Today you will be with me in Paradise.
Woman, here is your son…Here is your mother.
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
I am thirsty.
It is finished.
Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.
What are the seven last words of christ?

4. FOURTH word
“My God, my God why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:45-46 Read together: MARK 15: 1-41

5. FOURTH WORD
Synoptic Gospel nuances of the Crucifixion: Mark – 9AM Crucifixion Mark & Matthew – utter agony, Psalm 22 , lament READ TOGETHER: Psalm 22

6. FOURTH WORD
Psalm 22 The prayer of an innocent person; recalls God’s mercy; cites mockers, taunting, and those who would cast lots for his garments; affirms God’s presence.

7. Why didn’t God the Father save his only Son
Why didn’t God the Father save his only Son? Was Jesus crying out to be saved? What was he saying?
FOURTH WORD

8. How do you understand God’s presence in times of suffering
How do you understand God’s presence in times of suffering? How do you call out to God in distress?
FOURTH WORD

9. FOURTH WORD
Spend time with the “haunting, burning question…” and Fr. Rosica’s reflection, p including another read of Psalm 22.

10. FOURTH WORD
Discuss:
“Jesus does not bring us deliverance us from death but deliverance through death.” (p. 48) What does this mean?

11. FOURTH WORD
“History is not in the hands of dark forces, of chance, or of merely human choices. The Lord…knowingly guides history to the dawn of the new heaven and the new earth…” Pope Benedict XVI

12. FOURTH WORD

13. Pray together: Gracious God, the comfort of all who sorrow, the strength of all who suffer: Let the cry of those in misery and need come to you, that they may find your mercy present with them in all their afflictions; and give us, we pray, the strength to serve them for the sake of him who suffered for us, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Watch and ponder:
Closing prayer

14. MEET the author, FR. Tom ROSICA Retreat at st
MEET the author, FR. Tom ROSICA Retreat at st. joSEPH’s The Words of the resurrection: May 7 – 8 – 9 7:00 - 8:30pm