What
Jesus is telling us in the gospel passage today is that those who do the will of his Father,
like he always did, are related to him – because he is related to his Father by
obedience. Therefore when we obey as Jesus did – he who is Son of God – then we
who are baptized into his life – are also related to him as a brother or sister
(or mother). The point here being: God’s glory and God’s will first, foremost
and preeminently by all his creatures but especially the humans!
In the first reading we have
been hearing about the life of Moses and his role as liberator of God’s people
from bondage in Egypt. Today we read the very familiar story of the crossing of
the Red Sea on dry land and the subsequent destruction of Pharaoh’s forces who
came after them. In God’s justice there is life and death distributed as the
situation warrants: it must have been that important for God to destroy some
lives in order to save others. He can do what he wants – he is God.
May we be obedient children
today who can rest assured that God always has our best interest in his mind
and heart – and will lead us through many difficulties to the shores of newness
of life and joy!
Whoever
loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him and we will come to
him.
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