“RISEN WITH CHRIST”
Easter Reflections
Tuesday, 9th May 2017,
Fourth Week of Easter
Acts 11:19-26;
Ps 87:1-7 (R. 117:1);
Jn 10:22-30.
FAITH IS THE LANGUAGE TO KNOW GOD
In the first reading, Barnabas sees the Holy Spirit at work in the people of Antioch and so sets to encourage and empower the ‘Christians’. In the Gospel, the Jews are not so receptive to Jesus. They ask: “If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” And Jesus replied: “I told you and you do not believe.”Are we convinced who Jesus is to us? Are we open to the working of the Holy Spirit?
Perhaps you’ve wanted God to come down from Heaven at times and tell you “plainly” the answer to this or that question. But He does do that. He does it in His perfect way with His perfect language. It’s the language of faith and it requires a complete submission of our minds and wills to God to hear and understand. This is the only way to become converted in the way God wants us to be.
Prayer: Lord, I so often do not let myself hear You plainly through the gift of faith. I so often want the easy answer to the difficult questions. Help me to grow in patience so that I may know You and allow You to become my true Shepherd. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.
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