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First
Reflection for WYD2002
3/20/2002
The Passover of
Christ
Opening Song:
The Summon (see annex 1)
Opening prayer:
Lord Jesus, you
take it upon yourself out of your love for us to be the “salt” and
the “light” for us in our world and time. You have continued to call
upon us to earnestly follow your footsteps to be the “salt” and
“light” of our time.
Lord, let us feel the passion that you have for us.
Let us feel your desire for uniting with God the Father.
Let us feel your hope for the salvation of mankind.
Please fill our heart with your passion.
Please fill our heart with your desire for God.
Please fill us with your hope.
Introduction to
the topic:
The Passover of
Jesus begins with His entry into Jerusalem, where He will freely
accept giving up his life for each one of us in order to save us.
Through the death and the resurrection, Jesus himself is the
sacrifice, perfect to reconcile us with God.
Jesus was
killed when He was only 33. He died a young person. His death was
not the end but the starting point for us all for He called each one
of us to be the salt and the light. Salt at the time of Jesus had a
more important use than just a flavor enhancer or a food
preservative. It was used to start a fire. As “salt” and “light” we
were thus called to be the catalyst of the Good News.
At the start He
called on 12 persons. Among them Peter was probably the oldest, and
he died at the year of 67 AD. So when he heard the call, he was
probably in his late thirties, practically a young person. John was
probably the youngest of the 12, and he probably in his late
twenties. All the apostles were young when they heeded the call from
Jesus to follow Him. Jesus entrusted the salvation of humanity into
the hands of 11 young persons. They were called to be the salt of
the earth and the light of the word. They were called to change the
world, and they did change the world with the Good News.
This journey in
July is the chance for us, the young people of our time, to heed the
call from Jesus to carry on the mission that Jesus started, to be
the “salt” and the “light,” to be witness to Christ.
Let’s recall
and reflect on the 7 events at the end of the life of Jesus.
Reflection
time:
A reflection
time for each event should not last more then 10 minutes. In 10
minutes we want to cover 3 steps: 1) Grace to ask for, 2) recall the
event and reflection time 3) and closing prayer. Keep this in mind -
A time for reflection is a time to pray as well.
Setting: Light
a big candle - light out - soft music. Seven (7) small candles form
a circle around the big candle. Each small candle will be lit up by
one person who was assigned to do the reflection at their turn.
The Entry of
Jesus into Jerusalem (Mt 21:1-11)
“Hosana” they
proclaim as he enter to the temple but later on they shout “Nail Him
on The Cross”. Focus on how we sing his name when we receive his
graces and how we turn our back to him when we are suffering and
heavy heart to lift ourselves up to him.
The Lesson (Jn
13:1-15)
Washing of the
feet - The lesson of God’s love to serve his friends. Focus on all
the actions we did to one another in His name and how do they affect
our lives and be thankful.
The Prayer (Jn
17:11b-19)
Prayer of the
unity - Center on the point of abiding in Him as he abides in His
Father. Focus on How I can be unite with Him in prayer and how does
prayer can help me to understand the love of God more (After this
reflection -Sing hymn Tâm Tình Ca 3)
The Question
(Mt 26:57-68, Mt 27:11-14)
Before the high
priest and Pilate - Who are you? Focus on how do we usually looking
at God and who is God really in my life?
The Answer
(same as above)
The silence of
Jesus. Focus on how Jesus chooses to be in silence before the
accusation and how we were angry before the accusation.
The Cross (Mt
27:32-44)
His cross and
our cross. Focus on how we can be the follower of Christ in our
daily life and make it a witness to the world. (After this
reflection - Play the song I Will Carry You)
The Silence of
the Tomb (Mt 27:62-66, 28:1-8)
The worry of
his enemies and the hope of his disciples. Focus on what is my worry
to be the witness to God but remember this: God does not care what
is our capacity but He needs our available to accomplish his mission
today in the world.
The Joy (Lk
24:13-32)
Emmaus - The
journey of sadness and the change to joyfulness. Focus on how should
we live in a joyful way to express that CHRIST IS RISEN.
Sharing time:
Break into small groups to share and summary the insight of the
group.
1. From
the events of the Passover of Christ, what makes you understand of
His love for you?
2. How would
you be prepared and get ready to be His witness?
Prayer time:
Shimurim - Play soft background music, create the atmosphere to help
participant to relax and to be unite in prayer - ask participants to
put themselves in front of the Lord (at the moment He has to choose
to let go or to go on with his mission) in the olive garden. Have
the spirit of communion with Him on his mission. Say a short prayer
asking for grace to be in communion with Him.
Read slowly the
text on the next page - Pause between the paragraph if need, and
follow with personal prayers in silence or out loud so people can
share your prayer.
To conclude the
prayer session - say Our Father.
Sing the Summon
again to close the reflection session.
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