Lent,5thSun.March 22,09

` (Jn.8:12-20)


(Mass for the children)
Do you Know the names of the two saints whose feasts we celebrated last week?
St.Joseph and St.Patrick .
Shamrock. A plant with three leaves on each stem. St.Patrick used this to explain Trinity. National sign of Ireland.
St.Joseph and St.Patrick were saints endowed with great faith.They saw everything in the light of their faith in God.
Faith was the light to see the world and the events in their lives.
In today's Gospel , we find Jesus being surrounded by the Pharisees in the Temple, questioned and chllallenged. They build up a strong opposition to him.
Jesus tells them without any fear that He is the Light of the world., that everything in the world becomes meaningful only through him.
We see everything because of the rays of the Sun.So too , events in our lives become meaningful through our faith in Him.
When difficulties come, when we are confronted with challenges and failures, we get the courage to face them because of our faith in Him.
Jesus tells them that God the Father is with Him. His miracles show that God is with Him. So too He is telling us that He is with us.We have to go forward without any fear in our hearts.
The young man’s testimony about the loss of his sister in Bombay…
They went to the church near the station and cried out their heart in pain asking the Lord to bring to them their young sister .When they came out of the church, they saw their young sister walking towards them in the company of an elderly man.
Jesus will never abandon us.Be strong and persistent in your faith in Him. He is our Light.
All of us are sinners. Jesus is the light who frees us from the darkness of sins.
If Jesus is the light for us, there shall never be an occasion in our lives when we need to despair.His hands will support us.His hands will stretch out to us when we fall and stumble.
What a joy it is to feel that Our Lord is our anchor and hope, our fortress and our support, that no power of darkness does have any sway over us.
This is the time to feel strengthened and empowered by our fiath. Never be afraid of the comments of people. Stand firm and strong.