DO WHAT YOU SAY

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent Year C John 10:31-4 In today’s gospel Jesus shows us how He is not threatened by the Jews because He is telling the truth. “The Father is in me and I in Him.” He was charged with blasphemy for claiming to be the Son of God. For me, blasphemy is not the main reason of their rage towards Jesus but ENVY. Friends, don’t worry about your haters, they are just angry because the truth you speak contradicts the lie they live. Haters are someone who wish they could be you. You know what Jesus does not “make Himself” God; He is God since the beginning. I would like to highlights what Jesus said in today’s gospel reading. He said: “Even if you do not believe in me, believe the works so that you may realize that the Father is in me and I am in the father.” In his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi Pope Paul VI had a similar thoughts: “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” Today let our words should be seen with our works. DO WHAT YOU SAY. Let us make our actions reflect our words. Finally, when the Jew try to kill him, He moved to another town. Jesus is teaching us this lesson-to cool down the rage, walk away! How beautiful it is to stay in silence when someone expects you to be enraged. This is a wonderful gesture of love and effective way of turning stones into pieces of bread. The best way to conquer violence is not to be violent. Denounce violence! Brethren, extinguish the spark before it becomes a fire. How? Overcome evil with good. Be experts in doing the good. See the good and wonders in others. Keep smiling, one day your enemies will get tired of upseting you. Blessings Fr. Jhack