Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said, "This is truly the Prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ." But others said, "The Christ will not come from Galilee, will he? Does not Scripture say that the Christ will be of David's family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?" So a division occurred in the crowd because of him. (Jn 7:40-53)
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Where Jesus was born, Bethlehem or Nazareth in Galilee, is immaterial. Jesus is “from above” as the Man Born Blind testifies. And the Fourth Gospel adds, “But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God” (Jn 1:12-13). Today's photo is from our 2022 visit to the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazaret. https://youtu.be/jYwtqOV5rj0?si=NoyxLckBqTomsWUu
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saturday IV, Lent
