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GOSPEL POWER - MARCH 27, 2021 - SATURDAY
Gospel: Jn 11:45-56
GOSPEL POWER - MARCH 27, 2021 - SATURDAY
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what he had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.” But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed.” He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God. So from that day on they planned to put him to death. Jesus therefore no longer walked about openly among the Jews, but went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness; and he remained there with the disciples. Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves. They were looking for Jesus and were asking one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?”
REFLECTION
Nothing can stop God’s saving plan from being fulfilled. For even human wickedness can be redirected toward serving God’s purposes. We see these dynamics at work in today’s Gospel. The highest Jewish religious authorities plot to get rid of Jesus on the pretext of sparing the entire nation from the threat of Roman repression. In reality, their greater concern is to protect their status quo. But the irony in this wicked plot is that the plotters are unwittingly fulfilling the divine plan. Jesus is not a helpless victim of their plot. Rather, he is freely and voluntarily entering into his destiny, which is to die to his earthly life in order to give eternal life not only to the Jewish people but to everyone. For when he is lifted up, he will draw all people to himself.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, help us to trust that everything, even our evil tendencies and sinfulness, will ultimately be directed toward the fulfillment of God’s purposes. Amen.
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Gospel: Jn 11:45-56
GOSPEL POWER - MARCH 27, 2021 - SATURDAY
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what he had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.” But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed.” He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God. So from that day on they planned to put him to death. Jesus therefore no longer walked about openly among the Jews, but went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness; and he remained there with the disciples. Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves. They were looking for Jesus and were asking one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?”
REFLECTION
Nothing can stop God’s saving plan from being fulfilled. For even human wickedness can be redirected toward serving God’s purposes. We see these dynamics at work in today’s Gospel. The highest Jewish religious authorities plot to get rid of Jesus on the pretext of sparing the entire nation from the threat of Roman repression. In reality, their greater concern is to protect their status quo. But the irony in this wicked plot is that the plotters are unwittingly fulfilling the divine plan. Jesus is not a helpless victim of their plot. Rather, he is freely and voluntarily entering into his destiny, which is to die to his earthly life in order to give eternal life not only to the Jewish people but to everyone. For when he is lifted up, he will draw all people to himself.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, help us to trust that everything, even our evil tendencies and sinfulness, will ultimately be directed toward the fulfillment of God’s purposes. Amen.