32nd Day of Lent: April 5, 2014: “Only this lot who knows nothing about the law” (John 7:49)

32^nd Day of Lent: 

April 5, 2014:

“Only this lot who knows nothing about the law”

 (John 7:49)

Pope Francis continues to mesmerize, surprise, and even shock the world by his words, deeds, testimonies, life and life-style. To me he is revealing a completely different image of the papacy, of God and the Church than what we are used to. 

He has been able to establish a rapport and clear connection with the simple and ordinary folks in the church as well as to the ‘unchurched’ so much as so that no one should feel left-out. 

In the Gospel today we see Jesus being recognized by the simple ordinary and so called ‘ignorant of the law’ that He is a ‘prophet’. 

They can’t get enough of him. Jesus is revealing a God-self that they can understand, a God self that looks lovingly at the sinners, the lepers, the tax-collectors, the prostitutes, the marginalized, the poor, the excluded, the ignorant, the shepherds. The Pharisees, the learned, the experts of the law, refuse to acknowledge and accept Jesus because he does not fit in to their category.

You cannot limit God-self then God is a purely human construct. Jesus continues to surprise us in the way he reveals God-self to us. 

We simply, humbly and honestly have to open ourselves to God to receive the grace and mercy and salvation He offers to us. That means leaving aside our own pre-conceived ideas or images of God and embracing the God of surprises.

Lent is that time when once again we let God be God and take pride in the fact that we are not God. Thank God.

God Bless you always!

Sincerely Yours,
Rev. Fr. Cyriac Chandy Mattathilanickal, MS

Wishing you and yours A Holy Lent!

Rev. Fr. Tom Puthusseril, M.S.

Shrine Director

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Jesus hold me close to You...Never let me go again... 

bring me back to you!

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