These farewell discourses of a man about to die should be taken seriously, His parting words. Read them!
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‘I, the Lord, have called you to serve the cause of right’
The Anointing at Bethany in today’s gospel powerfully shows Jesus as the Holy One of God.
Hosanna to the Son of David!
Today’s Feast is the GATEWAY to Holy Week, to the Paschal Triduum, to the holiest days of the year.
‘I will bring them home and make them one’
Appropriately, the gospel today takes us chronologically to a most significant meeting of the leaders of the Jewish people in Jerusalem
‘… at least believe in the work I do’
In today’s confrontation (Jn 10), at the temple in Jerusalem during the Feast of the Dedication (December), the Jews fetched stones to stone him (to death), and wanted to arrest Him there and then
‘Whoever keeps my word will never see death’
If we have only read today’s gospel casually, pray to the Holy Spirit, go back again and read in the Spirit.
‘If God were your father, you would love me’
In the last days of His life, Jesus’ desperate attempts to convince the unbelieving Jews that He came from God to set them free, are also put before us in these last days and opportunities in Lent
‘I am not of this world’
If we think that the Israelites bitten by the poisonous snakes got healed by worshiping a bronze serpent in the desert, we cannot be more wrong.
‘Let the one without sin cast the first stone’
The two women in today’s readings teach us about the mystery of sin and death, conversion and life, driven by the boundless mercy of God. They teach us about Lent.
Yes, Lord, I believe, help my unbelief!
The readings today take us to the culmination of our Lenten Catechesis before we enter into Holy Week and Easter from next Sunday.
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