READINGS:

1 R : Ez  37 : 21 - 28.
Ps   Jer 31 : 10, 11 - 12ab, 13.
Gos :  Jn 11 : 45 - 56.

THE LESSONS THAT WE CAN DRAW FROM THE SCRIPTURE  PASSAGES ARE A PLENTY.

THE FIRST READING REMINDS US OF THE PROMISE OF GOD TO RAISE A KING LIKE ' DAVID '.
IT IS A CLEAR REFERENCE TO JESUS AS HE WAS KNOWN AS THE SON OF DAVID .
UNDER KING DAVID THE KINGDOM WAS UNITED.
DAVID WAS A KING AFTER ' GOD'S OWN HEART '

IN JESUS , ALL THESE AND MANY MORE ATTRIBUTES OF DAVID ARE REALIZED.

IN THE GOSPEL, THE CHIEF PRIEST, CAIAPHAS, BY HIS AUTHORITY AS THE CHIEF PRIEST IN FACT PRONOUNCES THAT JESUS WOULD WOULD DIE FOR THE ' NATION '.
WHAT HE MEANT AND WE UNDERSTAND BY THAT IS IN FACT DIABOLICAL.
HE IS THINKING OF MOMENTARY RELIEF.
GOD IS THINKING OF ETERNAL RELEASE.
HE IS THINKING OF SAVING HIS AND THE SKIN OF HIS ILK.
GOD IS PLANNING TO SAVE THE MANKIND.

THIS IS THE UNIQUE STYLE OF ST JOHN'S GOSPEL.

AS WE BEGIN THE HOLY WEEK, LET US APPRECIATE GOD'S DESIGNS MORE AND MORE.

 

 

 

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