Tuesday, March 20, 2007
 

Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent



Psalm 46:1-8
Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12
John 5:1-18

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God
Psalm 46:1, 4

Wherever the river goes, every living creature...will live. On the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food.

Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing. But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.
Ezekiel 47:9, 12, 11

Now in Jerusalem…there is a pool…called Bethesda, which has five porticos. In these lay many invalids.

One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

Jesus said to him, "Stand up, take your mat and walk." At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said, "It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful."

But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, and I also am working."
John 5:2, 5, 8-10, 17

The Source of life remains present and always working within us, providing all we need to thrive and flourish and realize our potential. But we must work along with divine life. It is in our power to be stagnant marshes, or to bear fruit.

It is in our power to take up our mats, and walk.

Mary Kay Rafferty

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