Meditation:
Gospel Reading: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Fear, especially the fear of death, can easily take away our
courage and the will to do what we know is right.
Jesus met
opposition and the threat of death with grace and determination to accomplish
his Father’s will. Jesus knew that his
mission, his purpose in life, would entail sacrifice and suffering and
culminate with death on the cross. He
willingly suffered and went to the cross for our sake, to redeem us from sin
and to restore our relationship with God the Father.
Saint Augustine says:
“Our Lord had the
power to lay down his life and to take it up again. But we cannot choose how
long we shall live, and death comes to us even against our will. Christ, by
dying, has already overcome death. Our freedom from death comes only through
his death. To save us Christ had no need of us. Yet without him we can do
nothing. He gave himself to us as the vine to the branches; apart from him we
cannot live.”
No one can be
indifferent with Jesus for long.
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