READINGS:
1 R : Gen 17 :3 - 9.
Ps 104 : 4 - 5, 6 - 7, 8 - 9.
Gos : Jn 8 :51 - 59.
WE HAVE AGAIN A REFERENCE TO ABRAHAM IN BOTH READINGS.
IN THE FIRST READING WE HAVE THE COVENANT OF GOD WITH ABRAHAM.
AND IN THE GOSPEL JESUS TELLS THE JEWS THAT HE EXISTS EVEN BEFORE ABRAHAM.
THE JEWS FAIL TO GET IT RIGHT AND EVEN LIFT STONES TO KILL HIM.
BUT THE KEY TO UNDERSTAND JESUS WORDS IS ALREADY GIVEN BY ST. JOHN IN THE PROLOGUE ( Jn 1: 1 ).
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT WE ARE COVENANT PEOPLE.
BECAUSE OF ADAM'S DISOBEDIENCE, GOD DOES NOT WITHDRAW HIS FAVOUR FROM MANKIND.
THROUGH NOAH HE SAVES MANKIND DURING THE ' GREAT DELUGE '.
THE TOWER OF BABEL IS ANOTHER INSTANT OF PEOPLES' DISOBEDIENCE AT WHICH GOD CONFUSES THEIR ' TONGUES '.
FROM BABEL TO PENTECOST WHERE GOD UNITES THE ' TONGUES ' THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST, IT IS A CHECKERED HISTORY OF FAITHFULNESS AND UNFAITHFULNESS ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLE.
BUT GOD REMAINS EVER FAITHFUL TO THE COVENANT AND OFFERS HIS SALVATION TODAY THROUGH HIS ONLY SON JESUS.
DO I APPRECIATE THE COVENANT ASPECT AND ACCEPT GOD'S SALVIFIC PLAN IN FAITH THIS LENT ???????????
