He was spurned and avoided by men,
a man of suffering, knowing pain,
Like one from whom you turn your face,
spurned, and we held him in no esteem.
Yet it was our pain that he bore,
our sufferings he endured.
We thought of him as stricken,
struck down by God* and afflicted,
But he was pierced for our sins,
crushed for our iniquity.
He bore the punishment that makes us whole,
by his wounds we were healed.
We had all gone astray like sheep,
all following our own way;
But the LORD laid upon him
the guilt of us all.
Though harshly treated, he submitted
and did not open his mouth;
Like a lamb led to slaughter
or a sheep silent before shearers,
he did not open his mouth. Isaiah 53:3-7
Called to serve
So when he had washed their feet [and] put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do. John 13:12-15
Powołani, aby służyć
A kiedy im umył nogi, przywdział szaty i znów zajął miejsce przy stole, rzekł do nich: «Czy rozumiecie, co wam uczyniłem? Wy Mnie nazywacie „Nauczycielem” i „Panem”, i dobrze mówicie, bo nim jestem. Jeżeli więc Ja, Pan i Nauczyciel, umyłem wam nogi, to i wy powinniście sobie nawzajem umywać nogi. Dałem wam bowiem przykład, abyście i wy tak czynili, jak Ja wam uczyniłem». J 13, 12-15
Tak, ty
Wtedy Judasz, który miał Go wydać, rzekł: «Czyżbym ja, Rabbi?» Odpowiedział mu: «Tak, ty». Mt 26, 25
The fullness of love
My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ so now I say it to you. Simon Peter said to him, “Master, where are you going?” Jesus answered [him], “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later.” Peter said to him, “Master, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times.” John 13, 33. 36-38