Via Dolorosa

HIK. HIDANGAN ISTIMEWA KRISTIANI.
HARAPAN IMAN KASIH.
Via Dolorosa
Sepanjang Via Dolorosa, di Yerusalem pada hari itu,
Para prajurit mencoba menguak jalan sempit.
Tapi kerumunan berdesak untuk melihat
Seorang dihukum mati di Kalvari.
Dia berdarah dari pemukulan,
garis-garis luka pada punggung-Nya.
Dan Dia mengenakan mahkota duri di atas kepala-Nya,
Dia menanggung dengan setiap langkah
Cemoohan dari orang-orang yang berteriak untuk kematian-Nya.
Sepanjang Via Dolorosa, jalan salib derita,
Seperti anak domba, datang Mesias, Kristus Raja.
Ia memilih untuk menjalaninya demi kasih setia-Nya,
Untuk anda dan saya.
Sepanjang Via Dolorosa, menuju Kalvari.
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Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day,
The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street.
But the crowd pressed in to see,
A Man condemned to die on Calvary.
He was bleeding from a beating,
there were stripes upon His back.
And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head.
And He bore with every step,
The scorn of those who cried out for His death.
Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering,
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King.
But He chose to walk that road out of His love
For you and me.
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary
Marilah Berdoa:
"Ya Roh Allah, aku mohon kepadaMu; sudilah Engkau membantuku mengarahkan segala ulah tindakanku dengan ilham-ilhamMu serta melaksanakannya dengan bantuan rahmatMu agar setiap doa dan karyaku selalu dimulai dari Dikau, berlangsung lewat Dikau, serta berakhir selamat kepada Dikau. Amin."
Salam HIKers,
Tuhan memberkati & Bunda merestui
Fiat Lux - Be the Light -
Jadilah Terang!
(Gen 1:3)
NB:
Pray for Syria..
Dear Friends,
I am writing this as the capital of Syria is going thorugh very difficult moments in these days. It has been always like this in these seven years of war in Syria, but the suffering in these days is far more than before. So many missiles and mortars are being launched on the capital city from Ghouta, a zone at the periphery of Damascus, full of Jihadists of the ISIS and so many other Islamic fundamentalists groups who are trying to make Syria a part of their Caliphate. So many missiles are causing a large number of deaths - of children and civilians, and so many schools have already been closed. A curfew has been ordered all over Damascus. The people and children are smitten with fear. We too, of the Salesian Oratory, have suspended all our activities. The youth usually arrive at the Oratory in buses, and it would be very risky to make them cross the city thus.
We have asked all of them to remain at home till there is an improvement in the situation, which does not seem very near. I hope my voice reaches you all. I wish to break this absolute silence over this tragedy that the people of Syria are living through, not to speak of the manipulation of information from the part of so many media channels in the West. I entrust myself to you all, dear friends, during this time of Lent, a time of prayer and return to God the Father. May the Sun of the Resurrection shine on the hearts of those in power, and cause them to restore peace to this land that has been buffetted so much.
We are continuting to support the families in difficulty.
With affection
Fr. Mounir Hanachi
Rector,
Salesians of Don Bosco,
Damascus, Syria
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We are circulating this appeal hoping it will reach lots of people. Prayers, offerings of love and sacrifice, especially in this lenten season, and especially the Holy Rosary prayed together, are the weapons which Our Lord and His and our Mother recommend so much to us. So, let us be united together, because today more than ever the Church is called to help the sufferings of the world