Saturday, March 12, 2016

“Why did you not bring him?” - A Lenten Minute for Mar. 12

“Why did you not bring him?” - John 7:45

People seek Jesus for a variety of reasons, not all of them good.  The authorities in today's Gospel are seeking Jesus because of the threat he poses to them - ironically, it is the same threat that Christians pose to non-Christians (and sometimes to each other).  It is the threat that charitable love poses to self-love: a demand that one sacrifice his or her own well-being in order to help those less fortunate or in dire need.  Pope Francis calls it Martyrdom for Love.  One may be a martyr for faith, but as St. John says, "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends" (Jn 15:13).  To be a martyr for love.  Am I ready to die in the service of love to another?

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