Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Ezekiel 47:1-9,12 + John 5:1-16
April 2, 2019
Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus because he did this on a sabbath.
It was divine love that moved Jesus to heal the sick man in today’s Gospel passage. It was this love that motivated Jesus to risk incurring the wrath of the Jewish people by healing this man on the Sabbath. Sadly, even the man who is healed by Jesus does not quite understand Him. When the healed man is confronted by the Jews about the “inappropriateness” of this miracle being performed on the Sabbath, he does not give faithful witness to Jesus’ love for Him. Instead, he lamely tries to pass the buck to Jesus so that he himself is not blamed. Continue reading