Gospel: John 8: 21-30
Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.” So they said to him, “Who are you?”
Jesus said to them, “What I told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.” They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.” Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.
- lift: to raise from a lower to a higher position; elevate; direct upward.
- What is Christ referring to? Is it when He is lifted up, elevated on the cross? Do I realize that the crosses I am lifted up on are a chance for me to share in the Passion of Jesus? And by the way I live my sufferings that I can bring others to greater faith?
- realize: to grasp or understand clearly; to make real; be fully aware of.
- Why is it that suffering gives us such a clear vision of reality, what is true and untrue, what is lasting and fleeting? Can I see any good or growth that has come out of suffering in my own life?
- please (pleasing): to give pleasure, gratify; as a source of delight or joy.
- When am I please to the Father? When do I most feel accompanied by Him?
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