Holy Week/Easter Schedule
LECTIO
DIVINA
Lectio divina is a method of prayer from the monastic tradition of Christianity. It is translated as “holy reading,” “divine reading”, “meditative reading,” or “spiritual reading.”
IGNATIAN GOSPEL CONTEMPLATION
Ignatian contemplation is a very active way of praying that engages the mind and heart and stirs up thoughts and emotions and is suited especially for the Gospels.
Weekly Reflection

Carrying Our Cross
03-16-2025 | We Celebrate Worship Resource, Vol. 49, No. 1Master teacher that he is, Jesus knows to follow up a difficult lesson with something positive. Just before this Gospel, he told his disciples that he would be put to death on a cross and that they too must deny themselves, take up their crosses, and follow him.
So now, a few days later, he brings his three closest disciples up the mountain to pray, to accompany him into the presence of God. On that mountain, he is transfigured, transformed in appearance—not into the condemned One with nail marks in his hands and feet, but into the glorified One with dazzling garments in the company of God’s chosen.
The three then hear God’s voice: “This is my chosen Son; listen to him” (Luke 9:35). He told you he would be put to death. Listen to him. He told you to carry your cross. Listen to him. He told you to follow him. Listen to him.
Soon everyone would see him suffer and die, nailed to a cross high above Jerusalem. But only those with eyes of faith would later see him in his glorified body, continuing to reveal the kingdom with his presence.
Today, with our true citizenship in heaven, as Paul would say, we are called to see with eyes of faith, so that we too may see that in carrying our cross we will be transfigured in glory.
What cross are you carrying now that affects you the most?
—We Celebrate Worship Resource, Vol. 50, No. 1
Llevando Nuestra Cruz
Jesús, maestro de maestros, sabe que después de una lección difícil hay que darle algo positivo. Justo antes de este Evangelio, les dijo a sus discípulos que lo iban a condenar a muerte en una cruz y que ellos también debían negarse a sí mismos, tomar su cruz y seguirlo.
Así que ahora, unos días después, lleva a sus tres discípulos más cercanos a la montaña para orar, para acompañarlo a la presencia de Dios. En esa montaña se transfigura, se transforma en apariencia, no en el condenado con marcas de clavos en sus manos y pies, sino en el glorificado con vestiduras deslumbrantes en compañía de los elegidos de Dios.
Los tres escuchan entonces la voz de Dios: «Éste es mi Hijo elegido; escúchenlo» (Lucas 9:35). Él les dijo que lo condenarían a muerte. Escúchenlo. Él les dijo que llevaran su cruz. Escúchenlo. Él les dijo que lo siguieran. Escúchenlo.
Pronto todos lo verían sufrir y morir, clavado en una cruz en lo alto de Jerusalén. Pero sólo aquellos con ojos de fe lo verían después en su cuerpo glorioso, continuando con su presencia la revelación del reino.
Hoy, con nuestra verdadera ciudadanía en el cielo, como diría Pablo, estamos llamados a ver con ojos de fe, para que también nosotros podamos ver que al llevar nuestra cruz seremos transfigurados en la gloria.
¿Qué cruz estás cargando ahora mismo que te afecta más? —We Celebrate Worship Resource, Vol. 50, No. 1
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