Readings
I - Ex. 32: 7-14
II - Jn. 5: 31-47
BEAR WITNESS AS CHILDREN OF GOD
In today's Gospel passage Jesus speaks of four witnesses that testify him as the Son of God, the Promised one of God, the Messiah. The testimony of John the Baptist anout Jesus, 'the Lamb of God', the voice of the Father that affirmed the sonship of Jesus on mount Tabor and at Baptism, the works of Jesus that his Father has commissioned him to accomplish and finally the Scripture to which the Jews turned for eternal life pointed Jesus as the Messiah. The Jews failed to recognise Jesus as the promised one because of their pride, prejudice, self righteousness and jealousy. Because his teaching, preaching and living contradicted their vain hope and false belief system. Jesus was a sign of contradiction in deed.
In the light of the Gospel passage of the day, we are called to analyse our life as Christians, whether it is a life of contradiction or a life of compromises. When we live by the teachings of Jesus we automatically become a sign of contradiction to the world that proposes a value system opposed to the Gospel. Have courage to stand sturdy in the Gospel way, only then can we become the children of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ.
