Friday April 3, 2009 of the Fifth week in Lent
Readings Jeremiah 20:10-13 Psalm 18 John 10: 31-42
Psalm Response: In my distress I called upon the Lord and He answered me”
Jeremiah’s words are a typological rendering of the historical text of John. Speaking for God, Jeremiah seems to herald the opposition Christ will face even though Jeremiah’s foes plotted against him as the Jews will years hence.
The psalm is a foretaste of Christ’s passion and execution. The parallels are significant. On the cross in distress, Christ called out to His Father and it was finished; our salvation came about as he forgave us from the cross.
As the Jews were after they were rescued from the Egyptians, an obstinate, pigheaded, stiff-necked people, their heritage comes through as they observed Jesus’ many Divine works, and still they don’t believe.
It is easy to see! Their blinders wouldn’t permit acknowledgement in the past; now in the present, and as we are witnesses to former Christians denying even His well understood commands of love of God and neighbor.
Are we any different??
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