Discernment: What Jesus Teaches us
In today's Gospel, John 8: 51-59, when the people heard
Jesus say “before Abraham came to be, I AM “, they picked up stones to throw at Him. How can
Jesus claim to be I AM, to have existed before Abraham came into being, as He
was not even 50 years of age. They were also sure that Jesus was possessed when
he said: “[W]hoever keeps my word will never see death.” How can Jesus say that people who keep His
word will never see death, when Abraham is deceased, as were Isaac, Jacob and
David and so many other ancestors of their faith?
The fact that Jesus was misunderstood, that people rallied
against Him and wanted His voice silenced did not stop Him from clinging to
every word that came from His Father and doing whatever the Father asked of
Him. Many times women in their 40s and 50s say that
they first felt called in their teens and, at the time, parents opposed their
entering religious life, that their friends didn’t believe that they were
called to give up marriage and having children.
For some, grandparents vehemently opposed their entrance.
What is holding you back? Are you hearing a quiet,
persistent voice calling you to consider religious life?
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