Many believed in him

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From The Dust

Paul Zach

Today is Tuesday the 24th of March, in the fifth week of Lent.

Paul Zach sings, ‘From the Dust’. How do these words speak to you today as you continue on your Lenten journey?

From the dust we came

To the dust we shall return

From the dust we came

To the dust we shall return

God everlasting

Age unto age, the same

We are a moment

Then like a breath we fade

From the dust we came

To the dust we shall return

From the dust we came

To the dust wе shall return

God everlasting

Wе are cut down as grass

Seeds in the morning

Then by the night, we pass

O Lord, have mercy

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Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John.

John 8:21-30

Again [Jesus] said to them, ‘I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.’ Then the Jews said, ‘Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, “Where I am going, you cannot come”?’ He said to them, ‘You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.’ They said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Why do I speak to you at all? I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.’ They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, ‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me. And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.’ As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

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Moment of Gray

Dear Gravity & Domy Castellano

Today, we hear Jesus speaking of going where others cannot come. What do these words stir in you? Confusion, fear, resistance, longing – or something else...

Jesus says ‘you are from below, I am from above.’ Sometimes, we have the tendency to cling to ‘below’ ways of thinking, judging and acting... do you notice this in yourself? In what areas of your life would you like to grow more into the likeness of Christ – born from above?

As you hear the passage again, listen for the final words: ‘Many believed in him’.

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John 8:21-30

Again [Jesus] said to them, ‘I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.’ Then the Jews said, ‘Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, “Where I am going, you cannot come”?’ He said to them, ‘You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.’ They said to him, ‘Who are you?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Why do I speak to you at all? I have much to say about you and much to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.’ They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, ‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me. And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.’ As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

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In these final moments of prayer, like those in the passage, ask Jesus the question, ‘Who are you?’ Listen in stillness for Jesus’ response within you.

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You have given all to me

To you, Lord, I return it

Everything is Yours

Do with it what You will

Give me only Your love and Your grace

That is enough for me

Amen