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Lent - Week Five 2010
By Pat Lee | March 23, 2010
Tuesday: March 23, 2010
Readings: Numbers 21:4-9, John 8:21-30
Scripture Verse: “Because he spoke in this way, many came to believe in him” John 8:30
Reflection: Jesus was not afraid to speak the truth, or to challenge many of the accepted beliefs and practices of his day. He exhibited a sense of self-awareness many of us have to struggle with in order to achieve.
Today’s reading reminds us that Jesus’ image of himself was rooted in his relationship to the God he called Father. Jesus was secure in who he was, and was able to say and do what he did, because he was connected to the will of his Father.
Our faith does not grow in a vacuum. It needs to be nourished. The fruits of faith…a sense of who we are as Christians…a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives as Christians…do not just happen. They are the result of a willingness on our part to take the time and to do what is necessary so that we, like Jesus, can experience a sense of being connected to the will of God the Father.
Through our willingness to gather for worship each week…through our willingness to try to observe a Holy Lent through reflection, penitence, prayer, fasting, almsgiving and reading and meditating on the word of God in Holy Scripture, we are showing a desire to take responsibility for our faith. Through our willingness to participate in Holy Week, we show our willingness to be nourished in the faith. Through entering into the worship of our church we show a willingness to be present to, and to know a little better, the God we are privileged to call “Our Father”
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