Gospel: John 7: 1-2, 10, 25-30
Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret. Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, "Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from." So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, "You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me." So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.
- openly: completely free from concealment; exposed to general view or knowledge; not restricted to a particular group or category of particpants; having the interior immediately accessible
- Does Jesus ever conceal Himself from me, even when He knows that what He is saying is not what I want to hear? What barriers do I put up that don't allow me immediate access to knowledge of God? What about the barriers I build to try and conceal my interior from Him?
- realize (realized): be fully aware of; to grasp or understand clearly.
- What caused the Jewish authorities to not accept Jesus as the Christ? How often am I aware of God's will (general or specific), and still choose to follow my own way? Why can His will be so hard to accept and act on?
- send (sent): to cause to go; deliver; to propel in a particular direction.
- Do I know that, by virtue of my Baptism, I also am sent by the Father into the world? How can I be an authentic ambassador of His today?
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