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Christus factus est ("Christ became obedient") is taken from Saint Paul's Epistle to the Philippians.It is a gradual in the Catholic liturgy of the Mass.In pre-Vatican II Roman Rite practice, it was sung as the gradual at Mass on Maundy Thursday, however since the promulgation of the post-Vatican II Mass by Pope Paul VI in 1969 it has been employed instead as the gradual on Palm Sunday.
Becoming obedient unto death— even death on a cross. Therefore God highly exalted him. And bestowed on him the name That is above every name, That at the name of Jesus. Every knee should bow Of those in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth. And every tongue should confess. That Jesus Christ is Lord To the glory of God the Father.
Christian obedience is a free choice to surrender one's will to God, [6] and an act of homage. [3]Amongst the moral virtues obedience enjoys a primacy of honour. The reason is that the greater or lesser excellence of a moral virtue is determined by the greater or lesser value of the object which it qualifies one to put aside in order to give oneself to God.
The image of the grain of wheat dying in the earth in order to grow and bear a harvest can be seen also as a metaphor of Jesus' own death and burial in the tomb and his resurrection. [2] The Rev. William D. Oldland in his sermon "Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls into the Earth and Dies" said: This parable is used by Jesus to teach them three things.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. The New International Version translates the passage as:
Catholic teaching regards martyrdom as the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto death. [51] Christ's disciples have "put on the new man, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."(Ephesians 4:24) By "putting away falsehood," they are to "put away all malice and all guile ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: The World English Bible translates the passage as: Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;