{"id":16583,"date":"2025-04-11T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/?p=16583"},"modified":"2025-04-14T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:57:00","slug":"reflection-for-palm-sunday-13-april-2025-holy-week-the-center-of-our-faith-our-existence-and-our-christian-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/reflection-for-palm-sunday-13-april-2025-holy-week-the-center-of-our-faith-our-existence-and-our-christian-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflex\u00e3o para o Domingo de Ramos (13 de abril de 2025) - Semana Santa: O centro da nossa f\u00e9, da nossa exist\u00eancia e da nossa esperan\u00e7a crist\u00e3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><strong><em>Primeira Leitura<\/em><\/strong>: Isa\u00edas 50,4-7; <em><strong>Salmo Responsorial<\/strong>:<\/em> Salmo 22,8-9.17-18a.19-20.23-24; <em><strong>Segunda Leitura<\/strong>:<\/em> Filipenses 2,6-11;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><em><strong>Evangelho<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Lucas 22:14-23:56 ou Lucas 23:1-49<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20220605_131858-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16588 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20220605_131858-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20220605_131858-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20220605_131858-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20220605_131858-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20220605_131858.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">A reflex\u00e3o do Domingo de Ramos \u00e9 do Pe. <strong>RAZAFINANDRAINA No\u00ebl Marie Cyprien M\u00e9dard<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>SJ.,<\/strong> Director, Centre Arrupe Madagascar (CA MDG).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta semana, inaugurada pela entrada solene de Nosso Senhor em Jerusal\u00e9m, \u00e9 a mais santa para todos n\u00f3s, crist\u00e3os de todo o mundo. Preserva a pr\u00f3pria ess\u00eancia da nossa f\u00e9, da nossa exist\u00eancia e da nossa esperan\u00e7a. O Evangelho segundo S\u00e3o Lucas, cap\u00edtulo 19, vers\u00edculos 28-40, abre a liturgia deste Domingo de Ramos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Jesus atreve-se a entrar em Jerusal\u00e9m publicamente sem se esconder, ao contr\u00e1rio dos dias anteriores: <em>\u201cDepois de os seus irm\u00e3os terem subido para a festa, ent\u00e3o ele tamb\u00e9m subiu, n\u00e3o publicamente, mas em segredo.\u201d<\/em> (Jo\u00e3o 7:10). Jesus previu o que lhe aconteceria ao entrar em Jerusal\u00e9m, especialmente tendo em conta a crescente tens\u00e3o entre Ele e os l\u00edderes religiosos judeus nos \u00faltimos tempos. Procuraram elimin\u00e1-lo (Jo\u00e3o 7:1). Quantas vezes j\u00e1 tentaram mat\u00e1-Lo, mas <em>\u201cA Sua hora ainda n\u00e3o tinha chegado\u201d.<\/em> Desta vez, por\u00e9m, Ele encara o desafio de frente e mostra a Sua determina\u00e7\u00e3o em tomar o Seu destino nas Suas pr\u00f3prias m\u00e3os. N\u00e3o tem planos para al\u00e9m dos do Pai: oferecer a Sua vida pela salva\u00e7\u00e3o do mundo \u2014 incluindo aqueles que O condenar\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para realizar a Sua entrada, Ele pede aos Seus disc\u00edpulos que ajudem a encontrar um jumentinho. Ele usa as Suas rela\u00e7\u00f5es para cumprir a vontade do Pai: rela\u00e7\u00f5es com os Seus disc\u00edpulos e com o Seu ambiente, simbolizadas pelo jumento. Embora Ele seja o Filho Todo-Poderoso de Deus, Ele escolhe trabalhar com outros. Esta abordagem deve tamb\u00e9m tornar-se parte do nosso pr\u00f3prio modo de vida crist\u00e3o. Jesus ensina-nos que cumprir a vontade de Deus exige que valorizemos os outros e colaboremos com eles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No Domingo de Ramos, lemos o Evangelho da Paix\u00e3o de Cristo. O que se desenrola revela o paradoxo da vida: por um lado, h\u00e1 o \u00f3dio cego aos l\u00edderes judeus, demonstrado atrav\u00e9s da mentira, da manipula\u00e7\u00e3o, da viol\u00eancia e da morte; de outro, existe o amor infinito de Deus encarnado em Jesus, expresso atrav\u00e9s da Sua entrega total, da Sua fidelidade \u00e0 Sua miss\u00e3o e da Sua confian\u00e7a inabal\u00e1vel em Deus, Seu Pai. O Seu objetivo final \u2014 custe o que custar \u2014 \u00e9 restaurar um v\u00ednculo eterno entre n\u00f3s e o Deus Trino: a institui\u00e7\u00e3o da Eucaristia, o dom de si mesmo, o dom da vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senten\u00e7a de morte de Jesus prov\u00e9m da maldade humana. Quando o \u00f3dio e a inveja se enra\u00edzam nos nossos cora\u00e7\u00f5es, a nossa capacidade de discernimento fica distorcida, tal como a dos l\u00edderes judeus e de Pilatos. Perdemos a objetividade do nosso julgamento e, ainda mais, a ilumina\u00e7\u00e3o do Esp\u00edrito de Deus. Jesus aceitou tudo isto porque a sua confian\u00e7a no Pai e a sua esperan\u00e7a na vit\u00f3ria da vida sobre a morte lhe deram for\u00e7as para suportar a sua paix\u00e3o at\u00e9 ao fim. Pedimos-Lhe que nos d\u00ea a mesma for\u00e7a nas nossas lutas di\u00e1rias contra a injusti\u00e7a, a corrup\u00e7\u00e3o, a mentira, o ego\u00edsmo, o \u00f3dio e a viol\u00eancia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Que esta Semana Santa fortale\u00e7a os nossos esfor\u00e7os e renove o nosso compromisso como verdadeiros <strong>Peregrinos da Esperan\u00e7a<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Am\u00e9m.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-7; Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18a, 19-20, 23-24; Second Reading: Philippians 2:6-11; Gospel:&nbsp;&nbsp; Luke 22:1423:56 or Luke 23:1-49&nbsp; The Palm Sunday Reflection is by,&nbsp;Fr. RAZAFINANDRAINA No\u00ebl Marie Cyprien M\u00e9dard SJ., Director, Centre Arrupe Madagascar (CA MDG). 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