March 24, 2015 Tuesday: 5th Week of Lent B
A Lenten Pilgrimage
Tuesday of the Fifth Week
March 24, 2015
In today’s gospel (John 8:21-30) we see and hear a Jesus who is confident of His identity: “I am who am”, Beloved Son of the Father sent to this world, a Jesus who is faithful to His mission: “I always do what pleases Him.” Because of this self-possession, He is very sure of His identity. And to those who failed to listen to Him and to recognize Him as the Messiah, He said, “You cannot go where I am going,” as straightforward as that.
How about each of us, do we know where we are going? Will we make it to where Jesus is going?
Like those who were listening to Jesus, I would like to take His word as a challenge rather than a cause for disappointment, an invitation rather than a rejection. “Many who heard Jesus believed in Him.” The way is open should we want to take up the challenge.
The person of Jesus challenges us today to be rooted too in our identity as beloved children of the Father who sacrificed His only Son for our salvation. Only in this rootedness can we resist sin, free ourselves and do what pleases the Father. Then we can be sure of our identity as Jesus was of His. (Sr. Maria Cecilia, SSpS Bible Diary 2004)
Tuesday of the Fifth Week
March 24, 2015
In today’s gospel (John 8:21-30) we see and hear a Jesus who is confident of His identity: “I am who am”, Beloved Son of the Father sent to this world, a Jesus who is faithful to His mission: “I always do what pleases Him.” Because of this self-possession, He is very sure of His identity. And to those who failed to listen to Him and to recognize Him as the Messiah, He said, “You cannot go where I am going,” as straightforward as that.
How about each of us, do we know where we are going? Will we make it to where Jesus is going?
Like those who were listening to Jesus, I would like to take His word as a challenge rather than a cause for disappointment, an invitation rather than a rejection. “Many who heard Jesus believed in Him.” The way is open should we want to take up the challenge.
The person of Jesus challenges us today to be rooted too in our identity as beloved children of the Father who sacrificed His only Son for our salvation. Only in this rootedness can we resist sin, free ourselves and do what pleases the Father. Then we can be sure of our identity as Jesus was of His. (Sr. Maria Cecilia, SSpS Bible Diary 2004)
