{"id":195902,"date":"2026-04-03T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=195902&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=195902"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:46:05","slug":"april-3-2026-the-suffering-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/april-3-2026-the-suffering-servant\/","title":{"rendered":"April 3, 2026 &#8211; The Suffering Servant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"195902\" class=\"elementor elementor-195902\" 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-6ebf85b elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"6ebf85b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/daily-bible-reading\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Today's Bible Readings from the USCCB<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-order-of-the-mass\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The Order of the Mass<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/2669617?theme=light&amp;v=2\" title=\"April 3, 2026 - The Suffering Servant\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"202px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/2669617\/\">April 3, 2026 &#8211; The Suffering Servant | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Good Friday<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John 18:1-40, 19:1-42<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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, \u201c 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.\u00a0Why 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!\u00a0Crucify 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,\u201d in order that the passage of Scripture might be fulfilled that says: <em>They divided my garments among them, for my vesture they cast lots. <\/em>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: <em>Not a bone of it will be broken. <\/em>And again another passage says: <em>They will look upon him whom they have pierced. <\/em>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.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Opening Prayer:<\/strong> Jesus, who died on the Cross for me, have mercy on me, a sinner. Your Passion and Death overwhelm me with grief and sorrow for my sins. Grant me the grace to hear and respond to your word.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Encountering Christ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>The New Adam: <\/strong>Jesus our Savior has died for us. In his life and death, he became the new Adam. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus began to undo Adam\u2019s original sin in the Garden of Eden. There Jesus bore the punishment God gave to Adam, who was cursed to toil by the sweat of his brow (cf. Gen 3:19). Jesus toiled and sweat until he bled: \u201cHe was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground\u201d (Lk 22:44). The thorns that the ground yielded because of Adam\u2019s sin (cf. Gen 3:18) rose up to crown Jesus\u2019 head in mockery. Finally, Jesus destroyed the eternal punishment for our sins, starting with the first sin when our first parents ate the fruit of the forbidden tree. Christ Our Lord became sin itself, hanging on a tree in a garden (cf. 2 Cor 5:21).\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lamb of God: <\/strong>There on the Cross, Jesus reigns as our King. Throughout his Passion, he was interrogated, mocked, scourged, and vilified. The soldiers crowned him with thorns and wrapped him in a purple robe of nobility to mock him, but just as Isaiah prophesied, Jesus, the Suffering Servant, was meek and endured their abuse: \u201cThough 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\u201d (Isa 53:7). Jesus, led like a lamb to slaughter, became our Paschal Lamb.\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signs of Mercy:<\/strong> Christ\u2019s final words from the Cross were a proclamation of his victory: \u201cIt is finished\u201d (Jn 19:30). His mission of salvation through his Passion and Death was complete. Jesus, the Suffering Servant, \u201cwas pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed\u201d (Isa 53:5). Immediately after he handed over his spirit, he was pierced, and the signs of God\u2019s Divine Mercy were released: \u201cOne soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out\u201d (Jn 19:34). Just as Adam\u2019s bride was taken from a rib from his side during a deep sleep (cf. Gen 2:21-22), the bride of Christ\u2014the Church\u2014was born from the Blood of the new covenant and the waters of Baptism that gushed from his side when he was in the deep sleep of death.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Conversing with Christ:<\/strong> Jesus, today we roll the stone across your tomb. Grant us the courage to be stouthearted and wait, facing your tomb in the hope of your Resurrection and our salvation. Thank you for coming to save us and for dying for our sins in our place. Help us, your Church, to be your sign of mercy in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Resolution:<\/strong> Lord, today by your grace I will conduct today\u2019s fast and abstinence with prayerfulness, reverence, and contrition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and a lay member of Regnum Christi. 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