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GOSPEL POWER |APRIL 29, 2021 - THURSDAY
GOSPEL POWER |APRIL 29, 2021
THURSDAY | Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
4th Week of Easter| Gospel: Jn 13: 16 – 20
Jesus said to his disciples, “Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am he. Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”
REFLECTION
We are in the middle of the festive Easter Season, yet the Gospel brings us back to the events that immediately preceded the crisis of Calvary — specifically the last supper, the foot-washing and the announcement of impending betrayal. Jesus expresses here his desire that when we revisit these events in our memory, the recollection will make us believe his divine selfidentification I AM. He is the visibility of the invisible God who guides the course of events and brings to fulfillment what has been revealed. The Gospel accounts are not just compilations of memories of past events, but a continuing invitation to faith. The act of reminiscing the Gospel events touches and affects us in ways we can hardly perceive nor imagine, for through it, we are being led to maturity in faith.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, help us to form the habit of revisiting the events of your life and seeing you through the faith of the evangelists and their communities. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER |APRIL 29, 2021
THURSDAY | Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
4th Week of Easter| Gospel: Jn 13: 16 – 20
Jesus said to his disciples, “Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am he. Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”
REFLECTION
We are in the middle of the festive Easter Season, yet the Gospel brings us back to the events that immediately preceded the crisis of Calvary — specifically the last supper, the foot-washing and the announcement of impending betrayal. Jesus expresses here his desire that when we revisit these events in our memory, the recollection will make us believe his divine selfidentification I AM. He is the visibility of the invisible God who guides the course of events and brings to fulfillment what has been revealed. The Gospel accounts are not just compilations of memories of past events, but a continuing invitation to faith. The act of reminiscing the Gospel events touches and affects us in ways we can hardly perceive nor imagine, for through it, we are being led to maturity in faith.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, help us to form the habit of revisiting the events of your life and seeing you through the faith of the evangelists and their communities. Amen.