SATURDAY 20TH MARCH 2021
FOURTH WEEK OF LENT
Jeremiah 11:18-20
John 7:40-52
NO ONE HAS EVER SPOKEN LIKE HIM
As we draw close to the passion of Christ, we see that the Jews are looking for every accusation to put him to death. The first reading presents us with a scenario where the Chief Priest and the Pharisees sent police to arrest Jesus, saying that he had claimed to be a prophet, whereas, prophets do not come from Galilee. When the police heard all that was been said of him by the crowd, and hearing Jesus preach, they returned to the Pharisees without arresting Jesus, saying that Jesus was innocent, and no one has ever spoken like him.
The action of the police today is very captivating, it showed that they did not just act on the orders of the Chief Priest and Pharisees, but went to found things out for themselves. This was also the concern of Nicodemus, that people should not be condemned without hearing from them.
Sometimes we judge people and condemn them, not because of what they have done to us, but what others have told us about them. It is very important that we experience people and form our own opinion about them rather than act on hearsay.
Jeremiah shows us also in the first reading, that evil plans against the innocent, attracts God's vengeance.
Lord, help me not to condemn and judge people prematurely. Amen.
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie, MSP
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