Today’s Vulnerasti
Gospel: Jn 5:31-47 “Witnesses to Jesus“
April 4, 2019 | Thursday

Today’s Gospel

Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true.
But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true.
You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth.
I do not accept testimony from a human being, but I say this so that you may be saved.
He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.
But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.”
Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form,
and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.
You search the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.
But you do not want to come to me to have life.
I do not accept human praise;
moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.
I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.
How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?
Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.
For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.
But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
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Today’s Reflection

Do we really know Jesus? In the Gospel, Jesus was telling the Jews that if they really knew their Scriptures, then they would know who he was. Do we find Jesus when we attend Mass or read the Bible, or go to our apostolate areas? More often than not, we are caught in a web of activities that we are too busy to do the things that are really expected of us as religious – look for God. In the First Reading, the people of Israel created a golden calf because they were impatient to wait for Moses’ return. We, too, have created a lot of golden calves in our lives as religious. If we are not serious about finding Jesus in our communities, we might end up worshiping idols, too. This is something we should be wary about.