1. The Prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2: 25-35)
And behold there was a
man in Jerusalem named Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for
the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Ghost was in him. And he had received
an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen
the Christ of the Lord. And he came by the spirit into the temple. And when his
parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of
the law; He also took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said; Now thou
dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word, in peace: Because my
eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all
people: A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people,
Israel. And his father and mother were wondering at these things which were
spoken concerning him. And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother:
Behold, this child is set for the ruin, and for the resurrection of many in
Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted. And thy own soul a sword
shall pierce, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed.
2. The flight into Egypt (Matthew 2: 13-15)
And when they were
departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying:
Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt, and be there
until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the
child to destroy him. Who, rising up, took the child and his mother by night,
and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod: that it
might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: out of Egypt
have I called my son.
3. The loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2: 42-51)
And when he was twelve
years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast. And
after they had fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child, Jesus,
remained in Jerusalem, and his parents knew it not. And thinking that he was in
the company, they came a day’s journey, and sought him among their kinsfolks
and acquaintance. And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking
him. And it came to pass that after three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them and asking them questions.
And all, that heard him, were astonished at his wisdom and his answers. And
seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done
so to us? Behold, thy father and I have sought thee, sorrowing. And he said to
them: how is it that you sought me? Did you not know, that I must be about the
things that are my Father’s? And they understood not the word that he spoke
unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth: and was subject to
them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.
4. Mary meets Jesus on the way of the Cross (Luke 23: 26-31)
And as they led him
away, they laid hold on one Simon, of Cyrene, coming from the country: and they
laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus. And there followed him a great
multitude of people and of women: who bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus
turning to them , said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me, but weep for
yourselves, and for your children. For behold the days shall come, wherein they
will say: blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the
paps that have not given suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains:
Fall upon us, and to the hills: Cover us. For if in the green wood they do
these things, what shall be done in the dry?
5. Mary stands at the foot of the Cross (John 19: 25-27)
Now there stood by the
cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary
Magdalene. When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother, and the disciple standing,
whom he loved, he saith to his mother; Woman, Behold thy son. After that, he
saith to the disciple; Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took
her to his own.
6. The taking down of the body of Jesus from the Cross (John
19: 33-38)
But when they came to
Jesus, as they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But
one of the soldiers opened his side with a spear, and immediately there came
out blood and water. And he that saw it, gave testimony; and his testimony is
true. And he knoweth that he saith true, that you also may believe. For these
things were done, that the Scripture might be fulfilled; You shall not break a
bone of him. And again another Scripture saith; they shall look on him whom
they pierced. And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a
disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that he
might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted him. He came,
therefore, and took away the body of Jesus.
7. The burial of Jesus (John 19: 40-42)
They took, therefore,
the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as it is the
custom with the Jews to bury. Now there was in the place, where he was
crucified, a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man had yet
been laid. There, therefore, because of the Parasceve of the Jews, they laid
Jesus, for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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