Day 202: Scapegoat and Savior
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What is Day 202 of the Rosary in a Year and who is leading it?
Hi, I'm Fr. Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast, where through prayer and meditation, the rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world. The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. This is day 202.
How can I download the Rosary in a Year prayer plan and follow the podcast?
To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text R-I-Y to 33777. You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place to listen to this podcast is in the Ascension app. There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and other friars. No matter what app you're listening in, remember to tap follow or subscribe for your daily notifications. Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the fourth sorrowful mystery, Jesus carrying his cross. And before our time of prayer, let's review what we have prayed with and meditating upon up to this point.
What is the fourth Sorrowful Mystery we will pray today?
A theme that we touched on in a variety of different ways was looking at Jesus as the fulfillment of the new scapegoat. And we talked about back in the old Testament for the day of atonement, there was a scapegoat, a literal goat that the high priest would place his hands on, on the day of atonement. And then this goat would be offered by sending it off into the wilderness. And there's many ways in which we looked at Jesus becoming the fulfillment of this, taking upon himself all of the sins of humanity. And this is a fitting reflection for the fourth sorrowful mystery, because as you may recall, to be crucified, Jesus was led outside of the city, namely Jerusalem to Golgotha. And so we can call to mind this goat, which if you will, has received the sins of the world, going out into the wilderness, leaving the city to be offered.
And Jesus himself, like freely making this journey, freely taking upon himself the exile, the rejection, the sins of all of the people and carrying it into the wilderness or carrying it to his place of crucifixion.
How is Jesus portrayed as the new scapegoat in the Old Testament imagery?
Then in a further meditation, our own meditation was met by Simon. And we looked at how Simon was compelled to help Jesus carry his cross. He was forced to do so. But Simon, he was compelled, but still free. And Simon could have. carried the cross under force, like endured his own share in this injustice, like completely keeping to himself, like completely like begrudgingly, like with the constant narrative of just like rejection of what was happening. Or there could have been some openness to, in this case, Jesus. and looking at Jesus, conversing with Jesus, allowing the suffering that Simon was experiencing, the injustice that Simon was experiencing, to allowing it to bring him close to Jesus. And I do believe that if Simon, like Jesus, at some point accepts
his part, his lot, accepts the cross, surrenders to what is happening. It's an opportunity for him to encounter the Lord. And we're not going to go into it in a lot of detail, but again, I think it's an important caveat reminder that this isn't It's supposed to be used to kind of manipulate us into like not fighting injustice, et cetera.
What does Simon of Cyrene teach us about embracing suffering with Jesus?
But there are many crosses, sufferings that we are going to have to carry while seeking like a proper remedy, while seeking proper judgment, or that we are going to be carrying for our lives, such as the crosses of loss, of chronic illness, et cetera. And can we in the midst of this cross have an openness to it bringing us close to Jesus? Can we in some way model the prayer of Jesus? Not my will, but your will be done. This act of surrender, of trust, of openness to the saving power of God. and the unitive potential of suffering with our Lord.
And lastly, for our review today, if you recall, St. Thomas Aquinas, he wrote this. Speaking of Jesus, Christ bore his cross as a king does his scepter. His cross is the sign of his glory, which is his universal dominion over all things.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is Day 202 of the Rosary in a Year and who is leading it?
0:04–0:22
2
How can I download the Rosary in a Year prayer plan and follow the podcast?
0:22–1:13
3
What is the fourth Sorrowful Mystery we will pray today?
1:13–2:51
4
How is Jesus portrayed as the new scapegoat in the Old Testament imagery?
2:51–4:44
5
What does Simon of Cyrene teach us about embracing suffering with Jesus?
4:44–7:46
6
How can our personal crosses become salvific and trophies of victory with Christ?
7:46–11:11
7
How do we pray the roadmap of the four R's and the decade of the Rosary together?
11:11–14:52