Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 11,45-56
Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him.
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.
If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.”
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing,
nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.”
He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.
So from that day on they planned to kill him.
So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples.
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves.
They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?”
Jesus’ consolation
1) She came out to meet Him: Martha came to meet Jesus. This is a process we all must go through. When Jesus comes into your life you must meet Him. You cannot be indifferent. When you let God into your life, it changes our life for good because it changes our hearts and we nurture our soul with God.
2) If you had been there: this is something that happens to us when we question God. We do not understand what job He has done in our lives and our loved ones. There is an inner struggle where the only thing present are questions.
3) To believe: this is the proposition God gives us in the road of faith. We must believe in Him and He will always propose something better for you always, even though you might not understand today, the knowledge comes with time. Only time will help you see what God does and this will console you once you can see.
God bless you in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
And Remember Heaven is our goal!
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