In the first reading today we are reminded of the true freedom that Jesus gained for us. He set us free from the slavery of sin. Now sin is even more precarious because it is truly of our own free-will and deliberate choosing! And so St. Paul tells the Galatians to stand firm and do not submit once again to the yoke of slavery!
In the gospel passage we see Jesus telling the people the reason they need no extraordinary signs to make them want to stand firm in their belief of him. The extraordinary sign is he himself. The extraordinary sign is everything the Jesus says and does. The extraordinary sign is most especially his death, burial and resurrection to newness of life!
These signs that are present to them, and to all of us, far surpass anything from the most ancient of times because they are about Jesus who came as promised, who is ever new, ever effective, never changing!
It today we hear the voice of the Lord helping us to believe the signs that he has already given us – let us not harden our hearts!
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