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Theo Tigno•
3/5/2008 9:40 pm
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Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent |
John 5:31-47
Jesus said to the Jews: "If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth. I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than John's. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form, and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf. But you do not want to come to me to have life.
"I do not accept human praise; moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for those who are entering the church this Easter.
We are blessed to have a great tradition of saints who point to the way to Christ. In a personal reflection I was writing, the following words came out. The suffering that many of the saints have endured point to the sufferings of Christ. We are blessed to have a recent example of the late Pope John Paul II saying in response to him not stepping down as pope, "because Christ did come down from the cross."
We are called to be saints as well, pointing the way to Christ. We are the ones who can offer testimony to Our Lord through the mercy He has shown us. We are the ones who can offer testimony to Our Lord through growing in obedience to His words. We are the ones who can offer testimony to Our Lord through the love of God and love of our neighbors.
We can be the arrows pointing to Christ. We can be the reflection of His light to the world. We can be the living sign of His faithfulness.
Let us come and believe. Let us be faithful. Let us allow Him to make us His saints. Take care and God Bless.
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