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I AM THE SON OF GOD

Friday, week 5 of Lent
'The Father is in me and I am in the Father.’

First Reading Jeremiah 20:10-13
He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men

Jeremiah said:

I hear so many disparaging me, ‘“Terror from every side!” Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’ All those who used to be my friends watched for my downfall, ‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error. Then we will master him and take our revenge!’ But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero; my opponents will stumble, mastered, confounded by their failure; everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs. But you, O Lord of Hosts, you who probe with justice, who scrutinise the loins and heart, let me see the vengeance you will take on them, for I have committed my cause to you. Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men.

Responsorial Psalm: In my anguish I called to the Lord, and he heard my voice.

Gospel John 10:21-42 They wanted to stone Jesus, but he eluded them

The Jews fetched stones to stone him, so Jesus said to them, ‘I have done many good works for you to see, works from my Father; for which of these are you stoning me?’ The Jews answered him, ‘We are not stoning you for doing a good work but for blasphemy: you are only a man and you claim to be God.

Jesus answered: ‘Is it not written in your Law: I said, you are gods? So the Law uses the word gods of those to whom the word of God was addressed, and scripture cannot be rejected. Yet you say to someone the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, “You are blaspheming,” because he says, “I am the son of God.” If I am not doing my Father’s work, there is no need to believe me; but if I am doing it, then even if you refuse to believe in me, at least believe in the work I do; then you will know for sure that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.’

They wanted to arrest him then, but he eluded them. He went back again to the far side of the Jordan to stay in the district where John had once been baptising. Many people who came to him there said, ‘John gave no signs, but all he said about this man was true’; and many of them believed in him.

My God, my Father, deliver me from the hands of my enemies. Those who plot evil against me. Father, I have done them no wrong. Father, I pray for their well-being. Father, their hatred I do not understand. It is you O Lord that searches the heart of everyone. You know me through and through. You know Father my heart my God. 


AELF:  JE SUIS LE FILS DE DIEU.
«le Père est en moi, et moi dans le Père. »

Évangileselon saint Jean 10, 31-42 « Ils voulaient lapider Jésus, mais il échappa à leurs mains »

Les Juifs allèrent de nouveau chercher des pierres pour lapider Jésus. Celui-ci prit la parole : « J’ai multiplié sous vos yeux les Å“uvres bonnes de la part du Père. Pour laquelle voulez-vous me lapider ? » Les Juifs lui répondirent : « Ce n’est pas pour une Å“uvre bonne que nous voulons te lapider, c’est parce que tu blasphèmes : tu n’es qu’un homme, et tu prétends être Dieu. » 

Jésus leur répliqua : « Il est écrit dans votre Loi : J’ai dit : Vous êtes des dieux. Donc, ceux à qui la parole de Dieu s’adressait, la Loi les appelle des dieux ; et l’Écriture ne peut pas être abolie. Or, celui que le Père a consacré et envoyé dans le monde, vous lui dites : ‘Tu blasphèmes’, parce que j’ai dit : Je suis le Fils de Dieu. Si je n’accomplis pas les Å“uvres de mon Père, continuez à ne pas me croire. Mais si je les accomplis, quand bien même vous refuseriez de me croire, croyez les Å“uvres. Ainsi vous reconnaîtrez, et de plus en plus, que le Père est en moi, et moi dans le Père. » 

Les Juifs cherchaient de nouveau à l’arrêter, mais il leur échappa. Il repartit pour la Transjordanie, à l’endroit où Jean avait commencé à baptiser. Et il y demeura. Beaucoup vinrent à lui en déclarant : « Jean n’a pas accompli de signe ; mais tout ce qu’il a dit au sujet de celui-ci était vrai. » Et à cet endroit beaucoup crurent en lui.

Mon Dieu, mon Père, délivre-moi des mains de mes ennemis, de ceux qui complotent contre moi. Père, je ne leur ai fait aucun mal. Père, je prie pour leur bien-être. Père, je ne comprends pas leur haine. C'est toi, Seigneur, qui sondes le cœur de chacun. Tu me connais parfaitement. Tu connais, Père, mon cœur, mon Dieu.


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