THEY COULD NOT HARM JESUS BECAUSE HIS HOUR HAS NOT COME.
"Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.
"But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.
"Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.”
"So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come." (John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30).
Friday March 15th 2024 in the 4th Week of Lent.
"TRUST ME WITH THE TIMING OF ALL THINGS." - JESUS CHRIST.
"They tried to arrest him, but his hour had not yet come." (Cf John 7: 30).
We reflect today on the Hour of Destiny.
Jesus refers uncannily to His hour not yet come or His hour that has come. What is this hour that Jesus talks about all the time?
We know that the biblical concept of time is divided into Chronos time and Kairos time.
Chronos time from where we get chronology: years, months, weeks, hours, minutes, etc. Is this what Jesus means when He talks of the Hour? For example: Friday. March 15, 2024?
Or does Jesus allude to Kairos time, which can be interpreted as the hour of grace, the appointed time set by the Almighty Father for the execution or realization of His plans, purposes, designs and providences.
God’s Kairos hour governs all events in the life of Jesus, viz: Birth, Baptism, Desert Experience, Transfiguration, Last Supper, Passion, Death and Resurrection to mention but the outstanding ones.
It also governs the major events in our life. Are you impatient that some prayers or expectations of yours have not been fulfilled? Are you in the appointed time? Nothing happens in God's government of the world before the appointed time.
"There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens." (Ecclesiastes 3: 1).
In the fullness of time, Jesus would hand over Himself to be glorified on the Cross. For the Cross is the appointed means of the glorification of the Son of Man. Before that hour, no enemy can harm Jesus.
As followers of Jesus, our lives are hemmed in by God's loving and powerful Providence. If we make the Kingdom of God and His holiness the top priority of our life, God's promise of provision and protection for us will never fail.
"Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory! Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –come back to me with all your heart, for I am all tenderness and compassion." ( Joel 2: 12 - 13).
FEAST OF ST JOSEPH - TUESDAY MARCH 19, 2024.
St Joseph is the man chosen by God to be the foster father and guardian of Jesus.
Joseph is a man of high purity and chastity. God chose him to be the husband of Mary because God had fitted him with the appropriate graces to protect the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Church considers St Joseph the greatest Saint after the Blessed Virgin Mary. Joseph is so fittingly named the Patron of the Universal Church. Remember that he was the Guardian of Jesus and in his intercessory role, you can believe that Jesus will deny nothing to Joseph.
For Prayers and Prayer intentions click the link:
http://seekfirst.blogspot.com/2023/05/devotion-to-st-joseph.html?m=1
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Father, l trust your perfect timing! Amen.
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