Come To Me To Have Life

Come To Me To Have Life

March 14, 2013

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Turn from your burning wrath; change your mind about punishing your people.   Exodus 32:12b

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.  John 5:36

Piety

Lord, make me a channel of your peace amidst the daily battles.  Help me not to get caught up in these temporal struggles but rather to keep focused on the Christian Ideal and become fully reliant on God. Amen.

Study

The mediator has a most important role and Moses is the central mediator in both readings -- except to opposite effect.  In the first reading, Moses continues to serve as the protector of the people of God.  He was instructed to lead them out of Egypt and he did.  When the Lord gets impatient with his people, he comes to our defense as both witness and advocate.  In the Good News, Jesus explains that if we persist in turning to false prophets, then Moses will cease his role as defender and become the prosecutor of our crimes.  Just as the Lord has the opportunity to change his mind and save the people in Exodus, we have the opportunity to change our mind and habits and save ourselves.

Action

Let us pray for Pope Francis as he becomes our mediator, peacemaker, and rebuilder of the Church in the modern world.