{"id":167583,"date":"2025-04-18T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T04:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=167583"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T01:37:28","slug":"april-18-2025-living-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/april-18-2025-living-witnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"April 18, 2025 &#8211; Living Witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"167583\" class=\"elementor elementor-167583\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-365eb3cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"365eb3cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b6d080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34b6d080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a title=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.us15.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=4fea0f0caeffabe43ebf8c4e4&amp;id=3bbfe285b5&amp;e=45c46f9735\" href=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.us15.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=4fea0f0caeffabe43ebf8c4e4&amp;id=3bbfe285b5&amp;e=45c46f9735\" data-outlook-id=\"ac699a60-f217-4e96-b2cc-15d6e9700329\">Listen to the audio version<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1972224?theme=light\" title=\"April 18, 2025 - Living Witnesses\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1972224\/\">April 18, 2025 &#8211; Living Witnesses | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Good Friday<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">John 18:1 \u2013 19:42<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. Judas his betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. So Judas got a band of soldiers and guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to him, went out and said to them, \u201cWhom are you looking for?\u201d They answered him, \u201cJesus the Nazorean.\u201d He said to them, \u201cI AM.\u201d Judas his betrayer was also with them. When he said to them, \u201cI AM,\u201d they turned away and fell to the ground. So he again asked them, \u201cWhom are you looking for?\u201d They said, \u201cJesus the Nazorean.\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cI told you that I AM. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.\u201d This was to fulfill what he had said, \u201cI have not lost any of those you gave me.\u201d Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest\u2019s slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave\u2019s name was Malchus. Jesus said to Peter, \u201cPut your sword into its scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup that the Father gave me?\u201d So the band of soldiers, the tribune, and the Jewish guards seized Jesus, bound him, and brought him to Annas first. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews that it was better that one man should die rather than the people. Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Now the other disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus. But Peter stood at the gate outside. So the other disciple, the acquaintance of the high priest, went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter in. Then the maid who was the gatekeeper said to Peter, \u201cYou are not one of this man\u2019s disciples, are you?\u201d He said, \u201cI am not.\u201d Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire that they had made, because it was cold, and were warming themselves. Peter was also standing there keeping warm. The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his doctrine. Jesus answered him, \u201cI have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in a synagogue or in the temple area where all the Jews gather, and in secret I have said nothing. Why ask me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them. They know what I said.\u201d When he had said this, one of the temple guards standing there struck Jesus and said, \u201cIs this the way you answer the high priest?\u201d Jesus answered him, \u201cIf I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?\u201d Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. Now Simon Peter was standing there keeping warm. And they said to him, \u201cYou are not one of his disciples, are you?\u201d He denied it and said, \u201cI am not.\u201d One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, \u201cDidn\u2019t I see you in the garden with him?\u201d Again Peter denied it. And immediately the cock crowed. Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and said, \u201cWhat charge do you bring against this man?\u201d They answered and said to him, \u201cIf he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.\u201d At this, Pilate said to them, \u201cTake him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.\u201d The Jews answered him, \u201cWe do not have the right to execute anyone,\u201d in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die. So Pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, \u201cAre you the King of the Jews?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cDo you say this on your own or have others told you about me?\u201d Pilate answered, \u201cI am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cMy Kingdom does not belong to this world. If my Kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my Kingdom is not here.\u201d So Pilate said to him, \u201cThen you are a king?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cYou say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.\u201d Pilate said to him, \u201cWhat is truth?\u201d When he had said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, \u201cI find no guilt in him. But you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at Passover. Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?\u201d They cried out again, \u201cNot this one but Barabbas!\u201d Now Barabbas was a revolutionary. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said, \u201cHail, King of the Jews!\u201d And they struck him repeatedly. Once more Pilate went out and said to them, \u201cLook, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no guilt in him.\u201d So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak. And he said to them, \u201cBehold, the man!\u201d When the chief priests and the guards saw him they cried out, \u201cCrucify him, crucify him!\u201d Pilate said to them, \u201cTake him yourselves and crucify him. I find no guilt in him.\u201d The Jews answered, \u201cWe have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.\u201d Now when Pilate heard this statement, he became even more afraid, and went back into the praetorium and said to Jesus, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d Jesus did not answer him. So Pilate said to him, \u201cDo you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?\u201d Jesus answered him, \u201cYou would have no power over me if it had not been given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.\u201d Consequently, Pilate tried to release him; but the Jews cried out, \u201cIf you release him, you are not a Friend of Caesar. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.\u201d When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and seated him on the judge\u2019s bench in the place called Stone Pavement, in Hebrew, Gabbatha. It was preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon. And he said to the Jews, \u201cBehold, your king!\u201d They cried out, \u201cTake him away, take him away! Crucify him!\u201d Pilate said to them, \u201cShall I crucify your king?\u201d The chief priests answered, \u201cWe have no king but Caesar.\u201d Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and, carrying the cross himself, he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, \u201cJesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews.\u201d Now many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, \u201cDo not write \u2018The King of the Jews,\u2019 but that he said, \u2018I am the King of the Jews\u2019.\u201d Pilate answered, \u201cWhat I have written, I have written.\u201d When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier. They also took his tunic, but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top down. So they said to one another, \u201cLet\u2019s not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it will be, \u201c in order that the passage of Scripture might be fulfilled that says: <i>They divided my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. <\/i>This is what the soldiers did. Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, \u201cWoman, behold, your son.\u201d Then he said to the disciple, \u201cBehold, your mother.\u201d And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, \u201cI thirst.\u201d There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, \u201cIt is finished.\u201d And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit. Now since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the Sabbath, for the Sabbath day of that week was a solemn one, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken and that they be taken down. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other one who was crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out. An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true; he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you also may come to believe. For this happened so that the Scripture passage might be fulfilled: <i>Not a bone of it will be broken. <\/i>And again another passage says: <i>They will look upon him whom they have pierced. <\/i>After this, Joseph of Arimathea, secretly a disciple of Jesus for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it. So he came and took his body. Nicodemus, the one who had first come to him at night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about one hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and bound it with burial cloths along with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom. Now in the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried. So they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation day; for the tomb was close by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer: <\/b>Jesus, as I spend time reflecting on the sad event of Good Friday, help me see in a new way the different choices people made on this day in history. Help me learn from their actions. Enlighten me through your word so that I can follow you. Speak to me, and open my ears so that I can hear you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Defense and Betrayal:<\/b> Peter was one of the men whose actions and words are central to the story of Good Friday. He was swift to draw his sword to defend his teacher, leader, and friend. Shortly afterward, he was quick to deny even knowing him. Isn\u2019t this the story for most of us as we try to live out our Christian life? Sometimes, we are on fire for God, filled with zeal and conviction as we make our way through the joys and challenges of our vocations. Other times, we falter and fail, letting Jesus down in both our words and actions. Like the apostle Paul, we can honestly say, \u201cWhat I do, I do not understand. For I do not do what I want, but I do what I hate<span class=\"s1\">\u201d (Rom 7:15). We can take consolation in the fact that the great St. Peter, chosen to be the first Pope of the early church, wavered when Jesus was arrested. Although Peter did not stay with Jesus at the foot of the cross, he returned with zeal to help spread the Gospel after Jesus\u2019 Resurrection. When we feel that our weakness and sins inhibit our ability to do great things for God, we can remember St. Peter. And when we are tempted to think we are weak and worthless, we can be assured that this does not come from God but from the enemy of our souls. God can use our weak efforts to accomplish great things when we trust in him.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Cowardice and Injustice:<\/b> Pilate was another key player on this infamous day. He was known as an ineffectual leader whose cowardice allowed Jesus to be put to death. In Matthew 27:24, we read, \u201cWhen Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was breaking out instead, he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying, \u2018I am innocent of this man\u2019s blood. Look to it yourselves.\u2019\u201d Pilate was uniquely positioned to stop the torture and death of a man he suspected was innocent, and quite simply was too afraid to do it. God may place us in such a moment where we are asked to use our authority to do the right thing. May we acknowledge that our authority is God-given\u2014meant for the good of our families, our communities, and the world\u2014and have the courage to use it well.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">The Rich Men: <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Two other men made difficult choices on this sad day. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus were prominent Pharisees who followed Jesus. Both did so secretly. The terrible news of Jesus\u2019 execution was a catalyst for their bravery and generosity. They boldly came out of hiding and used their resources to give Jesus an honorable tomb and the costly oils needed to properly anoint his body. We can speculate that they regretted not being more public in their admiration for Jesus while he was alive. However, their acts of generosity and public support of Jesus surely won favor with God. Since Jesus had just been put to death for treason, their newfound openness was a brave choice to make. They were not able to stop his death, but they did what they could do, using their wealth and prominence to give Jesus a dignified burial. Their example shows us that it is never too late to take a stand for Our Lord.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b> Lord, today in Scripture I see the many people who were there during your suffering and death. As I read their stories, I ask that you fill me with Peter\u2019s zeal and repentance when I fall short. As I consider Pilate, I ask that you give me courage and wisdom in the areas of my life where I have authority. And when I reflect on the actions of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, give me a heart to publicly acknowledge you and the generosity to use my human resources to further your Kingdom. On this sad commemoration of your death, give me renewed love for you and the courage to commit to following you all the days of my life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b> Lord, today by your grace I will pray the rosary, meditating on the sorrowful mysteries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">Cathy Stamper lives in Maryland with her husband, Mike. They have been partners in business, marriage, and parenthood for over thirty-one years. She enjoys reading, daily Mass, the beach, exercise, and time spent with her five young adult children, large extended family, and friends. 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