5th Week of Lent

1st Reading: Dn 13:1–9, 15–17, 19–30, 33–62
Gospel: Jn 8:12–20*completed
Jesus spoke to them again, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have light and life.” The Pharisees replied, “Now you are speaking on your own behalf, your testimony is worthless.”
Then Jesus said, “Even though I bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
You judge by human standards; as for me, I don’t judge anyone. But if I had to judge, my judgment would be valid for I am not alone: the Father who sent me is with me. In your Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid; so I am bearing witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me.”
They asked him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You don’t know me or my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father as well.”
Jesus said these things when he was teaching in the Temple area, in the place where they received the offerings. No one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

Commentary
“Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will not walk in darkness.”

We all follow someone or something.
The only question is whether or not
we become better or worse for it,
more full of light or mired in darkness.
To follow Jesus is to follow life
to its center, its end, to goodness, to God.
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