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Wednesday, week 5 of Lent - “Who are you?”

First  Reading  Numbers 21:4-9 
If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived

The Israelites left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt the land of Edom. On the way the people lost patience. They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this wilderness? For there is neither bread nor water here; we are sick of this unsatisfying food.’

At this God sent fiery serpents among the people; their bite brought death to many in Israel. The people came and said to Moses, ‘We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you. Intercede for us with the Lord to save us from these serpents.’ Moses interceded for the people, and the Lord answered him, ‘Make a fiery serpent and put it on a standard. If anyone is bitten and looks at it, he shall live.’ So Moses fashioned a bronze serpent which he put on a standard, and if anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked at the bronze serpent and lived. 

Responsorial Psalm: O Lord, listen to my prayer and let my cry for help reach you.

Gospel John 8:21-30 When you have lifted up the Son of Man then you will know that I am He

Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.”

So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What I told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.” They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.” Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.

Jesus, Son of the Most High God, I trust in you. Lord I believe in your word. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My Angel Guardian, pray for me. Pray the Rosary.

AELF: mardi, 5ème Semaine de Carême - JE SUIS

Évangile  Jean 8, 21-30 « Quand vous aurez élevé le Fils de l’homme,
alors vous comprendrez que moi, JE SUIS »

En ce temps-là, Jésus disait aux Pharisiens : « Je m’en vais ; vous me chercherez, et vous mourrez dans votre péché. Là où moi je vais, vous ne pouvez pas aller. » Les Juifs disaient : « Veut-il donc se donner la mort, puisqu’il dit : “Là où moi je vais, vous ne pouvez pas aller” ? » Il leur répondit : « Vous, vous êtes d’en bas ; moi, je suis d’en haut. Vous, vous êtes de ce monde ; moi, je ne suis pas de ce monde. C’est pourquoi je vous ai dit que vous mourrez dans vos péchés.

En effet, si vous ne croyez pas que moi, JE SUIS, vous mourrez dans vos péchés. » Alors, ils lui demandaient : « Toi, qui es-tu ? » Jésus leur répondit : « Je n’ai pas cessé de vous le dire. À votre sujet, j’ai beaucoup à dire et à juger. D’ailleurs Celui qui m’a envoyé dit la vérité, et ce que j’ai entendu de lui, je le dis pour le monde. » Ils ne comprirent pas qu’il leur parlait du Père. Jésus leur déclara : « Quand vous aurez élevé le Fils de l’homme, alors vous comprendrez que moi, JE SUIS, et que je ne fais rien de moi-même ; ce que je dis là, je le dis comme le Père me l’a enseigné. Celui qui m’a envoyé est avec moi ; il ne m’a pas laissé seul, parce que je fais toujours ce qui lui est agréable. » Sur ces paroles de Jésus, beaucoup crurent en lui.

Jésus, Fils du Dieu Très-Haut, j'ai confiance en toi. Seigneur, je crois en ta parole. Vierge Marie, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Mon ange gardien, priez pour moi. Priez le chapelet.

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