This is VLX number 158.

I have suffered in a dream.

We are in St. Matthew chapter 27, verses 15 to 19.

VLX stands for Video Lexu Devena, your patristic Bible study, and Ignatian prayer series online.

God give you his peace.

In nomi pachi, Sifiri, at Spiti, Tusi, Santi, amen.

God, our Lord, we ask the grace

that all of our intentions, actions, and operations,

be directed purely to the service and praise

of your divine majesty.

Anomni Pachi, Sifiri, at Spiti Tusi Tusi, amen.

Now at the feast, the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted, and they had then a notorious prisoner

called Barabbas. So when they had gathered, Pilots said to them, whom do you want me to release for you,

Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ? For he knew

that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up. Besides, while he was sitting on the

judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have

suffered much because of him today in a dream.

Thus are the words of the Holy Gospel.

We are now in the last six hours of Jesus' life here in Matthew 27.

And like last time, I might encourage you to contrast Jesus' silence with the backdrop,

the background noise of all of the noise and screaming, the violence of the whipping.

And here Jesus is, the lamb led to the slaughter.

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