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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Exodus 32:7-14, Psalm 106:19-23, John 5:31-47
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IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS
"It was about Me that [Moses] wrote." —John 5:46
Moses wrote about Jesus (Jn 5:46). Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wrote
about Jesus in their Gospels. St. Paul wrote about Jesus in all of his New
Testament letters. At Corinth, Paul spoke "of nothing but Jesus Christ and
Him crucified" (1 Cor 2:2). The Blessed Virgin Mary spent her life
treasuring Jesus and everything that concerned Him (Lk 2:19). The angels
center their existence around Jesus (Jn 1:51).
In Lent, we prepare ourselves to enter into the death, burial, and
resurrection of Jesus. Jesus is "the Resurrection and the Life" (Jn
11:25). He is the meaning of Lent, the reason for the season.
Jesus "is before all else that is. In Him everything continues in being.
It is He Who is Head of the body, the Church; He Who is the Beginning, the
First-Born of the dead, so that primacy may be His in everything" (Col
1:17-18). It's all about Jesus.
Is your life all about Jesus? Are your thoughts, words, desires,
sufferings, works, leisure all about Jesus? Have you been crucified with
Christ, so that the life you live now is not your own, but is the life of
Jesus living in you? (Gal 2:19-20) Are you immersed in the life of Jesus?
This is what it means to be baptized in Jesus.
In two weeks, Lent ends and the Triduum begins. Then on Easter Vigil and
Easter Sunday, we will renew our baptismal promises to be immersed in
Jesus. At that moment, we will six times tell Jesus, "I do." Speak each "I
do" to Jesus with even more love than a bride and groom say "I do" on
their wedding day. Make your life all about Jesus.
Prayer: Jesus, I come to You to possess life (Jn 5:40). I will fix my eyes
upon You moment by moment (Heb 12:2).
Promise: "These very works which I perform testify on My behalf that the
Father has sent Me." —Jn 5:36
Praise: Renewing her Baptismal promises becomes increasingly more
meaningful for Sarah as years go by.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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