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Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Homily for Thursday of the 5th Week of Lent
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
The words of Jesus reach back not only to the age of the great patriarch, Abraham (sometime around 1850 B.C.) but even further back, to that first day in Israel’s history, to the eternal day before creation. “Before Abraham came to be, I AM.” In this evocative phrase, Jesus identifies Himself with the YAHWEH. This name for God —very special and sacred to Israel — means in ancient Hebrew, “He who is always there.”
John’s Gospel presents Jesus as more than the fulfillment of Abraham’s faith and hope; He was one with God before the universe was even created. John understands that God was leading Israel’s history forward to the day when the eternal Word became incarnate as Jesus, son of Mary.
For Christians, Jesus is the LORD of our history. His hopes and plans will remain at least partially unfulfilled until all nations are united as one faith and family. This is echoed by Paul’s statement: “All of you who have been baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with him. There is no longer among you Jew or Greek, slave or free person, male or female. All are one in Christ Jesus. Furthermore, if you belong to Christ, you are the descendants of Abraham, which means you inherit all that was promised.”+
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