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Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
* The main Gospel reading is not annotated because of its great length.
At the Procession with Palms – Gospel: Luke 19:28-40
Jesus proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.
As he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples. He said, “Go into the village opposite you, and as you enter it you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. And if anyone should ask you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you will answer, ‘The Master has need of it.’”
So those who had been sent went off and found everything just as he had told them. And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying this colt?” They answered, “The Master has need of it.” So they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the colt, and helped Jesus to mount.
As he rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen. They proclaimed:
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord.
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.”
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He said in reply, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!”
proceeded =πορεύω = poreuō Blue Letter Bible to go on one's way, to depart from one place to another; to traverse; to lead oneself across; to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to continue on one's journey; to depart from life; to follow one, that is: become his adherent; to lead or order one's life; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon make to go, carry, convey; bring, carry; to be driven or carried; go, walk, march; proceed at law; go on one's way, i.e. die
sent = ἀποστέλλω = apostellō Blue Letter Bible to order (one) to go to a place appointed; to send away; to send forth; set apart; to send out (properly, on a mission); sent with commissions, or things intended for someone
disciples = μαθητής = mathētēs Blue Letter Bible a learner, pupil, disciple; one who follows one's teaching; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexiconlearner, pupil; apprentice
go = ὑπάγω = hypagō Blue Letter Bible "going," without noise or notice, or by stealth; "to go away or to go slowly away, to depart, withdraw oneself," often with the idea of going without noise or notice; to lead under, bring under; to withdraw one's self, to go away, depart;retire (as if sinking out of sight);sending one somewhere to do something; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon lead or bring under;brought them under the yoke, yoked them;bring under one's power;take away from beneath, withdraw; go away, withdraw, retire
Lord = κύριος = kyrios Blue Letter Bible variously translated in the NT, "'Lord,' 'master,' 'Master,' 'owner,' 'Sir;' one who has the disposal of anything; one to whom service is due on any ground; one who exercises power;he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding;the sovereign, prince, chief; a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence; supreme in authority; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon supreme power, authority; one invested with authority
went = ἀπέρχομαι = aperchomai Blue Letter Bible to come or go away, to set off, depart; to go away in order to follow any one, go after him, to follow his party, follow him as a leader; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon go away, depart from; departure from one place and arrival at another
found = εὑρίσκω = heyriskō Blue Letter Bible to find, either with previous search or without; to find out by enquiry, or to learn, discover; to find for oneself, to procure, get, obtain, with the suggestion of accomplishing the end which had been in view;to come upon, hit upon, to meet with; get, obtain, perceive, see;Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon find out, discover; devise, invent; get, gain; bring about, acquire; fetch
helped ... to mount = ἐπιβιβάζω = epibibazō Blue Letter Bible to place upon; to cause to mount; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon put one upon
multitude = πλῆθος = plēthos Blue Letter Bible with the article, the whole number, the whole multitude; the assemblage; a great number; a fullness; a large company; throng; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon the greater number, the mass, main body, the majority; great number, multitude
praise = αἰνέω = aineō Blue Letter Bible extol, to sing praises in honour to God; to allow, recommend; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon tell, speak of; praise, approve; advise, recommend; to commend
joy = χαίρω= chairō Blue Letter Bible be glad, conveys the thought of joy or cheer;to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy;Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon rejoice at, take pleasure in a thing, express one's joy by laughter, being glad, delight in doing, hail, welcome, joyful
mighty = δύναμις = dynamis Blue Letter Bible ability; force, inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth; moral power and excellence of soul; might; power for performing miracles; R. Trench, New Testament Synonymsoutcomings of that mighty power of God; powers being by Him lent to those who were his witnesses and ambassadors; pointing ... to new and higher forces ...which have entered and are working in this lower world of ours;Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon might; strength, power, ability to do anything; influence, authority; faculty, capacity
Blessed = εὐλογέω = eulogeō Blue Letter Bible to speak well of; to praise, to celebrate with praises; "to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on; favoured of God; speak well of; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon speak well of, praise, honour
Blessed (Hebrew from Psalm 118:26) = בָּרַךְ= bāraḵ Blue Letter Bible to kneel; be adored; to praise, salute; celebrate, adore
king= βασιλεύς = basileus Blue Letter Bible leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land; sovereign; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon king, chief, frequently with collateral sense of captain or judge; hereditary king; master
comes = ἔρχομαι = erchomai Blue Letter Bible denoting either "to come, or to go," signifies the act, in contrast with heko, which stresses the arrival; to come from one place to another; to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence; to come to a thing; to go; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon start, set out; come or go; to go a journey; any kind of motion
comes (Hebrew from Psalm 118:26) = בּוֹא= bô' Blue Letter Bible to go in, enter, come, go, come in; to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring upon; carry; fetch; follow; entering into specific relations;walk, associate with
name = ὄνομα = onoma Blue Letter Bible all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc.; of everything that the "name" covers; the name is used for everything which the name covers, everything the thought or feeling of which is aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing, remembering, the name, i.e. for one's rank, authority, interests, pleasure, command, excellences, deeds etc.
in the name of (Hebrew from Psalm 118:26) = שֵׁם= šēm Blue Letter Bible reputation, fame, glory; character; especially as giving a man kind of posthumous life, especially in his sons;designation of God; his reputation, fame, with; as his representative
At the Mass – Reading I: Isaiah 50:4-7
The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.
Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.
I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.
The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set myface like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.
given, gave = נָתַן= nāṯan Blue Letter Bible to give, bestow, grant; consecrate, devote, dedicate; entrust, give over, deliver up; yield produce; be (healed); pour; print; teach; to apply the heart to; to constitute, to make a thing like or similar to
well-trained = לִמּוּד= limmûḏ Blue Letter Bible taught, learned, discipled, instructed; accustomed to (something); used
know, knowing =יָדַע= yāḏaʿ Blue Letter Bible to perceive and see, find out and discern; to discriminate, distinguish; to know by experience; to recognize; be acquainted with;to know (a person carnally);to know how, be skillful in; to have knowledge, be wise; to be made known, be or become known, be revealed; to be instructed; privy to; seeing; observe with the eyes; be aware of; to get to know, discover; to turn the mind to anything, to care about, to see about
weary= יָעֵף= ya`ĕph Blue Letter Bible faint, weary, fatigued; figuratively, exhausted, faint
word = דָּבָר= dāḇār Blue Letter Bible speech, word, speaking, thing; saying, utterance, discourse; confer; advice, counsel; message, report, tidings; tidings; thought; promise; precept, edict; business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
rouse= עוּת= `uwth Blue Letter Bibleto hasten to, help, succor; speak in season; aid, assist
opens= פָּתַח= pathach Blue Letter Bible to be opened, let loose, be thrown open, to open wide; to free, loosen; ungird; unstop; have vent; speak, utter words; declare, propound; carve, engrave, plough; bore, penetrate; participate
hear = שָׁמַע= šāmaʿ Blue Letter Bible listen to, obey; perceive by ear;to hear with attention or interest, listen to; give heed; to consent, agree; yield to;to obey, be obedient; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); to hear and answer
rebelled= מָרָה= marah Blue Letter Bible to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against; resist, oppose; be bitter; provoke; be contumacious
turned back= סוּג= cuwg Blue Letter Bible flinch; retreat; to move, go away; turn back; backslide; prove recreant to; to turn oneself away; to be turned or driven back, be repulsed; apostatize; go away from, depart
help = עָזַר=ʿāzar Blue Letter Bible succour, support; protect or aid
disgraced = כָּלַם= kālam Blue Letter Bible to insult, shame, humiliate, blush; be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated; be dishonoured, be confounded; wound; taunt
set= שׂוּם= suwm Blue Letter Bible to put, place, set, appoint, make; ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix; set in place, plant, fix; cast in; steadfastly; prepare; station
face = פָּנִים= paniym Blue Letter Bible person; countenance
shame = בּוּשׁ= buwsh Blue Letter Bible to be disconcerted, disappointed; confounded; become dry; to fail in hope or expectation; confused; blush
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Similar principles are considered in What we can learn from our okra: we are blessed so we can yield blessings and Wisdom Principles--Fortitude
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
R (2a) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
All who see me scoffat me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads:
“He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.”
R My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Indeed, many dogs surround me, a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;
They have pierced my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones.
R My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
They divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots.
But you, O LORD, be not far from me; O my help, hasten to aid me.
R My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
I will proclaim your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you:
“You who fear the LORD, praise him; all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him; revere him, all you descendants of Israel!”
R My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
abandoned = עָזַב= ʿāzaḇ Blue Letter Bible to leave, loose, forsake; to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone; abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatize; to let loose, set free, let go, free; to be deserted; fail; relinquish, leave destitute; to loosen band; to restore, repair; fortify; help
mock = לָעַג= lāʿaḡ Blue Letter Bible to mock, deride, ridicule; laugh, scorn, speak barbarously; make fun of with parody of impaired speech; stammer
deliver = פָּלַט= pālaṭ Blue Letter Bible to escape, save, deliver, slip away; to bring into security, bring to safety, rescue; to slip out; slip out; to be smooth, sleek
rescue = נָצַל= nāṣal Blue Letter Bibleto snatch away, deliver, rescue; to be torn out or away; defend; preserve; draw out, pull out
loves =חָפֵץ= chaphets Blue Letter Bible to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with;to move, bend down;to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
help= אֱיָלוּת= 'eyaluwth Blue Letter Bible strength, my help
hasten = חוּשׁ= ḥûš Blue Letter Bible make haste, hurry; act quickly; to be eager with excitement or enjoyment; alert; accelerate
aid = עֶזְרָה= `ezrah Blue Letter Bible help, succour, assistance; one who helps
proclaim= סָפַר= caphar Blue Letter Bible recount, relate, to recount (something); take account of, reckon; take account of, carefully observe and consider; rehearse, declare; speak, talk; relate; narrate; celebrate; polish, inscribe
praise = הָלַל= halal Blue Letter Bible to shine; to flash forth light; to praise, boast, be boastful; be commended; glory; rave, celebrate; to be clear, to be brilliant; to sing; to make bright or shining
fear = יָרֵא= yārē' Blue Letter Bible to fear, revere, be afraid; to stand in awe of, be awed; astonished
glory = כָּבַד= kāḇaḏ Blue Letter Bible to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured; to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant; harden; to be great, plentiful
revere= גּוּר= guwr Blue Letter Bible to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabitto dread, fear, stand in awe, be afraid
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Similar principles are considered in the scriptures collected/considered at Wisdom Principles--Fortitude and Fear does not equal Failure and Doubt does not equal Disqualification
Reading II: Philippians 2:6-11
Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
grasped= ἁρπαγμός = harpagmos Blue Letter Bible to seize, carry off by force, a thing held as a prize, to be held fast, retained; booty to deem anything a prize; held fast, retained
emptied= κενόω = keno Blue Letter Bible to make empty, to empty, be made of none effect; made of no reputation; to empty, make of no effect, to make void;abase; deprive of force, render vain, useless, of no effect; cause a thing to be seen to be empty, hollow, false; of no reputation; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be emptied, made or left empty; stripped of all things; make a place empty by leaving it; empty by depletion; evacuation; pour away; waste away, shrivel
slave = δοῦλος = doulos Blue Letter Bible a slave, originally the lowest term in the scale of servitude, came also to mean one who gives himself up to the will of another; a slave, bondman, man of servile condition; devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests; a servant, attendant; serving, subject to; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon bondman or slave
humbled= ταπεινόω = tapeinoō Blue Letter Bible to make low, bring low; bringing to the ground, making level, reducing to a plain; to bring to a humble condition, to abase, to be abased; to lower, depress; to behave in an unassuming manner; devoid of all haughtiness; reduce to meaner circumstances; to assign a lower rank or place; ranked below others who are honoured or rewarded; to humble or abase oneself by humble living; bring down one's pride; have a modest opinion of one's self; behave in an unassuming manner; to humiliate; to confess and deplore one's spiritual littleness and unworthiness; put to the blush; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon lower, reduce, decrease in size; suffer dejection; lessen; disparage; minimize; make lowly; violate
obedient = ὑπήκοος = hypēkoos Blue Letter Bible giving ear; obedient; subject to; submissive; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon hearkening; obeying, subject; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon giving ear, listening to; obedient, subject to another
greatly exalted= ὑπερυψόω = hyperypsoō Blue Letter Bible to exalt to the highest rank and power; raise to supreme majesty; to extol most highly; to be lifted up with pride, exalted beyond measure; to elevate above others, i.e. raise to the highest position; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon exalt exceedingly
name = ὄνομα = onoma Blue Letter Bible all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc.; of everything that the "name" covers; the name is used for everything which the name covers, everything the thought or feeling of which is aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing, remembering, the name, i.e. for one's rank, authority, interests, pleasure, command, excellences, deeds etc.
bend = κάμπτω = kamptō Blue Letter Bible bow, the knee (the knees); in honour of one; to bow one's self; used of worshippers; devout recognition; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon bend, curve, turn; bow down, humble
confess= ἐξομολογέω = exomologeō Blue Letter Bible public acknowledgment; profess or acknowledge openly; celebrating, giving praise; agree openly, to acknowledge outwardly, or fully; to celebrate, give praise; acknowledge openly and joyfully; to profess that one will do something, to promise, agree, engage; assent; agree fully
Lord = κύριος = kyrios Blue Letter Bible variously translated in the NT, "'Lord,' 'master,' 'Master,' 'owner,' 'Sir;' one who has the disposal of anything; one to whom service is due on any ground; one who exercises power;he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding;the sovereign, prince, chief; a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence; supreme in authority; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon supreme power, authority; one invested with authority
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Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at Wisdom Principles—God Loves Humility and Hates Pride
What these readings tell us about God/His ways:
Jesus proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem
those who had been sent went off and found everything just as he had told them
Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord.
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.”
if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!”
The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might knowhow to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.
Morning after morning he opens my ear
The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced
I shall not be put to shame.
my help
Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped
he emptied himself
taking the form of a slave
coming in human likeness
he humbled himself
becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name
at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father
What these readings tell us to do:
Go
helped Jesus
speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.
I have not rebelled, have not turned back.
I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.
I have set myface like flint
relied on the LORD
O my help, hasten to aid me.
proclaim your name to my brethren
in the midst of the assembly I will praise you:
fear the LORD
praise him
give glory to him
revere him
emptied himself
taking the form of a slave
humbled himself
becoming obedient
What these readings tell us not to do:
grasped
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