Thursday of the 4th week of Lent
Gospel John 5:31-47
Jesus is the fulfilment of all the promises of the Old Testament. That’s why Jesus is saying that “if you really believed him (Moses) you would believe me too, since it was I that he was writing about;”. The main accusation against Jesus is that He was proclaiming himself as God. But Jesus is explaining how He is being testified by the Father. The testimony of the Father can be seen in the completion of the paschal mystery. Not only that, the Word of God announced in the Old Testament also testifies the mission of Jesus. In both cases, Jesus is not claiming anything. He attributes everything to His Father who sent Him and to the promises made by God to the People of God. This is converging point of the identity of Jesus. Jesus is revealing the face of Father. But only if one has the love of God in himself or herself, can recognize this face of the Father. The authorities of the People of God in that time did not want a face for God because the absence of the face of the Father was their way to sell what they want. In Jesus, the face of God the Father is revealed. Let’s reflect: Lent is to discover the face of God the Father revealed in the person of Jesus Christ.
Thursday 14 March
