Numbers 21: 4b-9
Psalm 78: 1b-2, 34-38
Philippians 2: 6-11
John 3: 13-17
How is it that an instrument of execution has become a central symbol of our faith?
Because it is the means through which God basically took everything we had to throw at him, embraced all the evil of the world and overcame the power of sin though the power of infinite love. In a similar way to God's power directed through the bronze serpent of the first reading healing those bitten by real serpents, God's power through Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross offers us healing for the wounds of our sin.
Why celebrate this on September 14? It is the date on which the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was dedicated in the fifth century. Given the deep wounds being inflicted and suffered today in the Holy Land, let us pray for the overwhelming power of God's love and healing to effect reconciliation there.
The topic for the Catechumenate this Sunday is Jesus the Redeemer.
Mystagogia meets this Sunday at 10:45am.
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