Dan Lee
03-20-2009, 06:29 PM
CHÚA NHẬT 4 MÙA CHAY FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Dành Cho Các Em )
Ga 3, 14-21
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Khi ấy, Chúa Giêsu nói với Nicôđêmô rằng: "Như Môsê đã treo con rắn lên ở sa mạc thế nào, thì Con Người cũng sẽ phải treo lên như vậy, để tất cả những ai tin ở Người, sẽ không bị huỷ diệt, nhưng được sống đời đời.
Jesus said to Nicodemus: "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
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Vì Thiên Chúa đã yêu thế gian đến nỗi đã ban Con Một mình, để tất cả những ai tin Con Ngài thì không phải hư mất, nhưng được sống đời đời, vì Thiên Chúa không sai Con của Ngài giáng trần để luận phạt thế gian, nhưng để thế gian nhờ Con Ngài mà được cứu độ.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
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Ai tin Người Con ấy thì không bị luận phạt. Ai không tin thì đã bị luận phạt rồi, vì không tin vào danh Con Một Thiên Chúa; và đây án phạt là sự sáng đã đến thế gian, và người đời đã yêu sự tối tăm hơn sự sáng, vì hành động của họ xấu xa. Thật vậy, ai hành động xấu xa thì ghét sự sáng, và không đến cùng sự sáng, sợ những việc làm của mình bị khiển trách; nhưng ai hành động trong sự thật thì đến cùng sự sáng, để hành động của họ được sáng tỏ là họ đã làm trong Thiên Chúa".
Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,
because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed.
But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.
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CHÚA NHẬT 4 MÙA CHAY FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Readings
Chr 36:14-16,19-23
Eph 2:4-10
Jn 3:14-21
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Questions for reflection
Do you know the healing power of Christ’s redeeming love?
Do you thirst for new life in the Spirit?
How do we know that God truly loves us and wants us to be united with him forever?
Do you love God above all else?
Do you give him first place in your life, in your thoughts, decisions and actions?
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In this Sunday’s readings, we hear of redemption as a gift of God solely because of his mercy and loving-kindness. Today’s second reading expresses this. We were dead in sin, but God is rich in mercy. He saved us, not because of any good we have done, but only because of his mercy. If we ever are capable of doing anything pleasing to God, it is only because he has first loved us and has empowered us with his grace. The Gospel contains the very famous summary of salvation, John 3:16: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him may not die, but may have eternal life!” The context of the reading is a conversation with Nicodemus. Nicodemus was an important Pharisee. He came to Jesus at night and said some very flattering words. Jesus caught him off guard by stating bluntly, “You must be born again.” He didn’t understand; he wonders if a person can enter his mother’s womb a second time. Jesus explains that a person must be born again of water and the Spirit, i.e. baptism. Today let us reflect on a crucifix. Let it show us the horror of sin. But let it also show the gift of God’s love and the curing forgiveness that can be ours if we follow Jesus.
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Lord Jesus, your death brought life for us. May your love consume and transform my life that I may desire you about all else. Amen.
Ga 3, 14-21
http://thanhlinh.net/MucVuTre/KinhThanh/CN04MCB/CN04MCB1.jpg
Khi ấy, Chúa Giêsu nói với Nicôđêmô rằng: "Như Môsê đã treo con rắn lên ở sa mạc thế nào, thì Con Người cũng sẽ phải treo lên như vậy, để tất cả những ai tin ở Người, sẽ không bị huỷ diệt, nhưng được sống đời đời.
Jesus said to Nicodemus: "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
http://thanhlinh.net/MucVuTre/KinhThanh/CN04MCB/CN04MCB2.jpg
Vì Thiên Chúa đã yêu thế gian đến nỗi đã ban Con Một mình, để tất cả những ai tin Con Ngài thì không phải hư mất, nhưng được sống đời đời, vì Thiên Chúa không sai Con của Ngài giáng trần để luận phạt thế gian, nhưng để thế gian nhờ Con Ngài mà được cứu độ.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
http://thanhlinh.net/MucVuTre/KinhThanh/CN04MCB/CN04MCB3.jpg
Ai tin Người Con ấy thì không bị luận phạt. Ai không tin thì đã bị luận phạt rồi, vì không tin vào danh Con Một Thiên Chúa; và đây án phạt là sự sáng đã đến thế gian, và người đời đã yêu sự tối tăm hơn sự sáng, vì hành động của họ xấu xa. Thật vậy, ai hành động xấu xa thì ghét sự sáng, và không đến cùng sự sáng, sợ những việc làm của mình bị khiển trách; nhưng ai hành động trong sự thật thì đến cùng sự sáng, để hành động của họ được sáng tỏ là họ đã làm trong Thiên Chúa".
Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,
because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed.
But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.
HÌNH TÔ MÀU - COLORING IMAGES
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Images 01
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CHÚA NHẬT 4 MÙA CHAY FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Readings
Chr 36:14-16,19-23
Eph 2:4-10
Jn 3:14-21
http://thanhlinh.net/MucVuTre/KinhThanh/CN04MCB/CN04MCB2.jpg
Questions for reflection
Do you know the healing power of Christ’s redeeming love?
Do you thirst for new life in the Spirit?
How do we know that God truly loves us and wants us to be united with him forever?
Do you love God above all else?
Do you give him first place in your life, in your thoughts, decisions and actions?
http://www.thanhlinh.net/MucVuTre/Reflection.jpgReflection
In this Sunday’s readings, we hear of redemption as a gift of God solely because of his mercy and loving-kindness. Today’s second reading expresses this. We were dead in sin, but God is rich in mercy. He saved us, not because of any good we have done, but only because of his mercy. If we ever are capable of doing anything pleasing to God, it is only because he has first loved us and has empowered us with his grace. The Gospel contains the very famous summary of salvation, John 3:16: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him may not die, but may have eternal life!” The context of the reading is a conversation with Nicodemus. Nicodemus was an important Pharisee. He came to Jesus at night and said some very flattering words. Jesus caught him off guard by stating bluntly, “You must be born again.” He didn’t understand; he wonders if a person can enter his mother’s womb a second time. Jesus explains that a person must be born again of water and the Spirit, i.e. baptism. Today let us reflect on a crucifix. Let it show us the horror of sin. But let it also show the gift of God’s love and the curing forgiveness that can be ours if we follow Jesus.
http://www.thanhlinh.net/MucVuTre/Prayer.jpgPrayer
Lord Jesus, your death brought life for us. May your love consume and transform my life that I may desire you about all else. Amen.