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Theo Tigno•
3/18/2005 12:33 pm
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Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent |
John 10:31-42
The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?" The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God." Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods"'? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father." Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power.
He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true." And many there began to believe in him.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for those who are persecuted for their faith.
There are many people who have given their lives proclaiming what Jesus proclaims in today's reading. We know that ultimately Jesus' blood was shed proclaiming this.
When we enter Heaven, we will all be giving glory to The Lamb, Jesus Christ. We will all be proclaiming that Jesus Christ is Lord! It is clear that Satan does not want us to know about this great and wonderful gift of giving Glory to God. Some were killed for this. The rest of us who are not worthy of martyrdom are distracted from the great and wonderful gifts of going to adoration or daily Mass. We even have a hard time giving glory to God in our everyday lives as we struggle with petty things. It is a temptation that is very real, and a persecution that all the powers of hell will continue to inflict on God's faithful. Stay strong in your faithfulness to the wonderful gift of giving glory to God. Take care and God Bless.
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