Friday of the 4th week of Lent
Gospel – John 7:1-2,10,25-30
Jesus cried out in the temple. “Yes, you know me and you know where I came from. Yet I have not come of myself: no, there is one who sent me and I really come from him, and you do not know him, but I know him because I have come from him and it was he who sent me”. Jesus was crying out this in the temple because everyone around Him was seeing only the human part of His person. Their knowledge went only as far as Nazareth. Beyond that, no one was able to see. This is because they were not looking through the eyes of faith. Only when we will be able to look through the eyes of faith, we can see beyond the obvious and the tangible. Our celebrations and our devotions, if we don’t see beyond the palpable, if we don’t go beyond the superficial, with the help of faith, Jesus will have to cry out again. “You know me, but you don’t know my Father who sent me”. You know the prayers, but you don’t know to whom you are addressing. You know the rites, but it does not mean anything to you. Let’s reflect: Lent is to go beyond the superficial with faith to see God who loves us.
Friday 15 March
