God Who Saves

God Who Saves

March 18, 2013

Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent

The whole assembly cried aloud, blessing God who saves those who hope in him.  They rose up against the two elders, for by their own words Daniel had convicted them of perjury.  According to the law of Moses, they inflicted on them the penalty they had plotted to impose on their neighbor: they put them to death.  Thus was innocent blood spared that day.  Daniel 13:61-61

“I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men can be verified.  I testify on my behalf and so does the Father who sent me.”  John 8:12, 17-18

Piety

Suscipe by St. Ignatius of Loyola

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,
my memory, my understanding,
and my entire will,
All I have and call my own.

You have given all to me.
To you, Lord, I return it.

Everything is yours; do with it what you will.
Give me only your love and your grace,
that is enough for me.

Study

Have you ever been caught in a lie?  Have you ever been caught in telling the truth?  Sometimes, telling truth to power as Jesus does in today's Gospel reading can still upset the order of life. 

While the men in our first reading get caught in a lie, the "men" (Jesus and His Father) in the Gospel get caught in the truth and the light.  Although Jesus may have given up his mortal body for the truth, in the end, he fulfills the promise that those who follow Him will have the light of life. 

Action

God does indeed save those who hope in Him. 

If the testimony of two can be verified, then how much more powerful then is the testimony of 20 like at the Closura for the 136th Women's Cursillo.  As these women get a fresh start and a new beginning on their Fourth Day, they will rejoin our broader community today and take up new lives of piety, study and action.  Welcome them into your groups, ultreya and school of leaders.