By Charles Muchiri
Liturgical Year B, Cycle II
Wednesday of the Forth
week of Lent (March 21, 2012)
Readings for Mass
First Reading:
Isaiah 49: 8-15
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 145:8-9, 13-14,
17-18
Gospel: John 5:17-30
The epitome of love can surely be exemplified
by the bond shared between a mother and a child. The two are inseparable. Motherly
instincts can drive a mother to protect her child from any danger, with her
very own live.
Yet, even though this motherly instincts - according
to the first reading, from the book of Isaiah - were to fade and the mother was
to end up forgetting her very own child, God will never forget us. He will
never abandon us! His love for us just can’t let Him!
So, even when we have sinned against Him, He
does not abandon us. We are the ones who abandon Him. We are the ones who turn away
from Him. We are the ones who stray away from His Graces!
Now, as Christ says in the Gospel, God the
Father has given the Son all judgment. It is the Son and not the Father, who
will seat at the judgment seat and extend to us either the resurrection of life or
the resurrection of condemnation!
And here is the beauty of it all: For those
who know the Son, for those who honour the Son, for those who listen to the
words of the Son, for those who take heed to the words of the Son, for those who are
not only called by the name of the Son – as Christians – but even so work hard
towards living up according to the calling of Christianity, the resurrection of
life awaits them.
And as the Psalmist beautifully brings it
out, as we work hard towards living up to our Christianity, we must always not
loose sight of the fact that our God is always compassionate, gracious and full
of mercy.
Keeping this in mind; let us then go back to
Him, especially in this Lenten season, with hearts full of contrition and seek for His mercies, through the
Sacrament of Reconciliation!
/E-mail this writer: muchirimuchoki@yahoo.com/
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