READINGS:
1 R : Wis 2 :1a, 12 - 22.
Ps 33 : 17 - 18, 19 - 20, 21 & 23.
Gos : Jn 7 : 1 - 2, 10, 25 - 30.
THE PLIGHT OF A GOOD AND JUST MAN IS WELL ELABORATED IN THE FIRST READING.
THE UNGODLY AND CORRUPT PEOPLE SCHEME TOGETHER TO PUT DOWN THE JUST AND THE UPRIGHT.
THEY ALSO QUESTION THE BELIEF OF THE JUST PERSON ON THE ALMIGHTY, PUTTING EVEN GOD TO TEST.
WE MUST NOTE THAT, THIS FIRST READING IS A KEY TO UNDERSTAND THE MYSTERY OF THE SUFFERING SERVANT, JESUS.
IN FACT, THE JEWS AND OTHERS AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS WERE TELLING JESUS TO COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS SO THAT THEY MAY BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE SON OF GOD.
THE SATAN, AT THE SECOND TEMPTATION WAS TELLING JESUS TO JUMP FROM THE HILL ON WHICH THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT.
REMEMBER WHAT JESUS REPLIED THEN !
DO NOT PUT GOD TO TEST.
JESUS TILL THE CROSS SURRENDERED TO DIVINE SALVIFIC PLAN.
AS THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, WE ARE ALSO CALLED UPON TO SURRENDER OURSELVES TO
DIVINE SALVIFIC PLAN.
TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES SHOULD ONLY STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF GOD RATHER THAN UNNERVING US AND FALLING BY THE SIDE.
