{"id":20080,"date":"2025-04-11T16:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T23:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=20080"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T21:32:18","slug":"triumph-and-suffering-triunfo-y-sufrimiento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/04\/11\/triumph-and-suffering-triunfo-y-sufrimiento\/","title":{"rendered":"Triumph and Suffering \/ Triunfo y Sufrimiento"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We join the triumph of Jesus, King in the royal line of David, as He enters the Holy City of Jerusalem, God\u2019s dwelling place in the Holy of Holies. \u201cDestroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up again,\u201d Jesus had said. He was the Living Temple of the LORD, about to battle victoriously over sin and death. Yet, how strange a battle it would seem, for God\u2019s ways are not our ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke\u2019s history of the triumphal entry to Jerusalem is detailed. Jesus, wonderworker and preacher of the Kingdom, had been busy in and outside the city. The lame walked, the blind saw, and the poor had the Gospel preached to them. At the entry, St. Luke made it clear that Jesus had divine knowledge. This triumph was to be God\u2019s, and Jesus was His all-knowing Son. What the disciples would find approaching the city was foreseen by Jesus: the colt \u2013 \u2018on which no one had ever ridden\u2019 \u2013 to go gently under Jesus, the objection by its owner and Christ\u2019s response to him, ‘The Master has use for it.’ As Jesus entered the city, how true was the chant, \u201cBlessed the King who comes in the Name of the Lord.\u201d How believable were Christ\u2019s words, \u201cI tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!\u201d God was in their midst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Passion Mass, Isaiah\u2019s prophecy of the suffering Savior quickly changes the joyful, triumphant tone. \u201cI 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.\u201d St. Paul, too in his hymn, praises the obedience of God\u2019s Son, who humbly takes human form to defeat evil and to save us, thus obeys, \u201c\u2026 unto death, even death on a cross.\u201d However, suffering and triumph are mingled, for so great was His obedience that all heaven above and earth below must proclaim that \u201cJesus Christ is LORD to the Glory of the Father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just one thought as in the Passion, Matthew narrates the sorrowful last hours of Jesus\u2019 life. Matthew wrote a long Gospel. The betrayal of Judas is given much space\u2014likewise, the denial of Peter. Much is written about the words and deeds of others. But half a line mentions the scourging. The crucifixion and death scenes of Jesus are unexpectedly brief. Could it be that Matthew wrote with a troubled conscience? If ever by serious sin our loyalty to Christ has failed, were we, too? Are we troubled? We cannot hurt Jesus now, but for the hurt he suffered during the awesome pain, mental and physical, He endured to redeem us. Do not these words of St. Paul move us?
\u201cFor our sake, He made Him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Triunfo y Sufrimiento<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Por P. Ed Liptak, SDB<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nos unimos al triunfo de Jes\u00fas, Rey de la l\u00ednea real de David, al entrar en la Ciudad Santa de Jerusal\u00e9n, morada de Dios en el Lugar Sant\u00edsimo. \u00abDestruyan este Templo, y en tres d\u00edas lo levantar\u00e9\u00bb, hab\u00eda dicho Jes\u00fas. \u00c9l era el Templo Viviente del SE\u00d1OR, a punto de luchar victoriosamente contra el pecado y la muerte. Sin embargo, qu\u00e9 extra\u00f1a batalla parecer\u00eda, pues los caminos de Dios no son los nuestros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La historia de Lucas sobre la entrada triunfal a Jerusal\u00e9n es detallada. Jes\u00fas, hacedor de milagros y predicador del Reino, hab\u00eda estado ocupado dentro y fuera de la ciudad. Los cojos caminaban, los ciegos ve\u00edan y a los pobres se les predicaba el Evangelio. A la entrada, San Lucas dej\u00f3 claro que Jes\u00fas ten\u00eda conocimiento divino. Este triunfo ser\u00eda de Dios, y Jes\u00fas era su Hijo omnisciente. Lo que los disc\u00edpulos encontrar\u00edan al acercarse a la ciudad fue previsto por Jes\u00fas: el pollino \u2014\u00aben el que nadie hab\u00eda montado jam\u00e1s\u00bb\u2014 pasando suavemente bajo Jes\u00fas, la objeci\u00f3n de su due\u00f1o y la respuesta de Cristo: \u00abEl Maestro lo necesita\u00bb. Al entrar Jes\u00fas en la ciudad, cu\u00e1n cierto era el canto: \u00abBendito el Rey que viene en el nombre del Se\u00f1or\u00bb. \u00a1Cu\u00e1n cre\u00edbles eran las palabras de Cristo: \u00abLes digo que si callan, las piedras clamar\u00e1n!\u00bb. Dios estaba en medio de ellos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En la Misa de la Pasi\u00f3n, la profec\u00eda de Isa\u00edas sobre el Salvador sufriente cambia r\u00e1pidamente su tono gozoso y triunfante. \u00abDi la espalda a quienes me golpeaban, mis mejillas a quienes me arrancaban la barba; no proteg\u00ed mi rostro de los bofetones y escupitajos\u00bb. San Pablo tambi\u00e9n, en su himno, alaba la obediencia del Hijo de Dios, quien humildemente toma forma humana para vencer el mal y salvarnos, obedeciendo as\u00ed \u00ab\u2026hasta la muerte, y muerte de cruz\u00bb. Sin embargo, el sufrimiento y el triunfo se mezclan, pues tan grande fue su obediencia que todo el cielo y la tierra deben proclamar que \u00abJesucristo es el Se\u00f1or para la gloria del Padre\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Con solo un pensamiento, como en la Pasi\u00f3n, Mateo narra las dolorosas \u00faltimas horas de la vida de Jes\u00fas. Mateo escribi\u00f3 un largo Evangelio. La traici\u00f3n de Judas recibe mucha atenci\u00f3n, al igual que la negaci\u00f3n de Pedro. Se escribe mucho sobre las palabras y los hechos de otros. Pero media l\u00ednea menciona la flagelaci\u00f3n. Las escenas de la crucifixi\u00f3n y la muerte de Jes\u00fas son inesperadamente breves. \u00bfPodr\u00eda ser que Mateo escribiera con la conciencia turbada? Si alguna vez, por un pecado grave, nuestra lealtad a Cristo ha fallado, \u00bfnosotros tambi\u00e9n lo hemos hecho? \u00bfEstamos turbados? No podemos herir a Jes\u00fas ahora, pero por el dolor que sufri\u00f3 durante el terrible dolor, mental y f\u00edsico, \u00c9l soport\u00f3 para redimirnos. \u00bfNo nos conmueven estas palabras de San Pablo?
\u00abAl que no conoci\u00f3 el pecado, por nosotros lo hizo pecado, para que nosotros fu\u00e9ramos hechos justicia de Dios en \u00e9l\u00bb.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB We join the triumph of Jesus, King in the royal line of David, as He enters the Holy City of Jerusalem, God\u2019s dwelling place in the Holy of Holies. \u201cDestroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up again,\u201d Jesus had said. He was the Living Temple of the LORD, about to battle victoriously over sin and … Continuar leyendo Triumph and Suffering \/ Triunfo y Sufrimiento<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":12531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[777629889,2343517,20310044],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fr-ed-liptak","category-gospel-reflection","category-province-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/intouch-scripture-graphic-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C510&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-5dS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20083,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20080\/revisions\/20083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}