SERMON/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK OF LENT 14TH MARCH 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK OF LENT 14TH MARCH 2024 Exodus 32:7-14; Ps.106; John 5:31-47 The Word of God is a Testimony The Jews have been angry with Jesus and have resolved to kill him because he broke the Sabbath law and claimed to be equal with God. In today’s gospel, Jesus reveals that the rejection of the Jews is not based on anything wrong He may have done but on the Jews’ refusal to perceive the various testimonies about Jesus. There have been many testimonies about Jesus; His works, John the Baptist, the testimony of the Father Himself, the Hebrew Scriptures which rested on the Mosaic Law. By their rejection, the Jews contradicted themselves because the Mosaic Law on which they based their case against Jesus, clearly testifies to the person and mission of Jesus Christ. This explains why Jesus told them that it was Moses who accuses them to the Father. What becomes obvious here is that we will give account of the Word of God we have heard at different times and in...