At least believe in the work I do

Jer. 20:10-13, Jn 10:31-42. Jeremiah and Jesus were hounded by friends and even relatives who turned against them. This is to tell us that companions can change their attitudes when they feel their own personal interests or security are threatened. Jeremiah in today's first reading speaks of God who “has rescued the life of the poor” and in today's Gospel, Jesus cures the helpless, blind and crippled, the deaf and mute, and returns them to full vigour on the Sabbath. Both were condemned because of them upset the accepted legal system by shifting concern from ritualism to caring for people. Their opponents were not bad people but were deeply misguided. They knew their Biblical laws by heart but had become rigid and any truth that does not fit in with their mindset cannot meet the mercy of God.

If taken rigidly, the law can become an idol, worshipped in place of God. They can be quoted to dictate how God must view each act of behaviour. We can offset any judgmental tendency we may have, first by a common-sense awareness of today’s culture and of the needs of others. Then we must root ourselves in God, trying to discern His will, in a spirit of compassion and truth. The Jews angrily opposed Jesus because He said He is the Son of God: “You are only a man and you claim to be God,” they said. Jesus had said, “The Father is in me and I am in the Father.” He asserts a unique relationship with God, such that whoever sees Him sees God, the Father. Jesus is the revelation of God, and the healing works He does are the work of the Father. God’s recreative work is shown in Jesus. God will always be a mystery to us, but Jesus has unveiled that mystery to draw us into the life of God.

May the Lord end the rebellion within our hearts, make us generous and appreciative of God's love! Amen!! Good morning and have a wonderful day!!!