In today’s Gospel Jesus is very blunt with the crowd He is addressing. He believes that “Abraham’s children” are following the teachings of Abraham instead of God. He chastised them saying: “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.”
Jesus came as the new covenant; the new promise from God, so that we would have a path back into unity with him in heaven. Even though sin is still an everyday struggle, we have hope.
I find it hard to believe that the people Jesus was speaking to weren’t convinced that He was the Son of God. It’s crazy to think that two thousand years later we aren’t able to walk alongside Jesus physically but we still believe that He is the Son of God.
When I was in Vatican City looking around St. Peter’s Basilica I saw so many people from different cultures and different ways of life and what brought them all together was the Catholic faith. As God’s children we can reflect on how we’ve gotten to this point by recalling all the disciples, saints, martyrs and missionaries throughout Church history who joyfully spread the Word of God.
The Catholic faith is alive, and we should be joyful. As we get ready for Holy Week and the Easter season, let us remember that not only was Jesus sent from the Father as His Beloved Son but that we are also His beloved children, and because of His sacrifice we have a place with Him in heaven as well.
Daily Reading
Monday in the Octave of Easter
Reading 1 Acts 2:14, 22-33 On the day of Pentecost, Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed: “You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying…
Saint of the Day
Saint Hunna
Saint Hunna, “the Holy Washerwoman,” washed and cared for the poor in Strasbourg, earning her name through her noble acts of service.
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