READINGS:
1 R : Dan 3 :14 - 20, 91 - 92, 95.
Ps Dan 3 : 52 , 53, 54, 55, 56.
Gos : Jn 8 :31 - 42.
THE READINGS TODAY PRESENT WONDERFUL MODELS OF FAITH.
IN THE GOSPEL, JESUS HAS A REFERENCE TO ABRAHAM, THE FATHER OF FAITH.
THE JEWS CLAIM TO BE THE SONS OF ABRAHAM.
JESUS CHALLENGES THEM TO BE LIKE ABRAHAM.
ABRAHAM BELIEVED IN GOD'S PROMISES EVEN WHEN NO PROOFS WERE GIVEN TO HIM.
HE LEFT HIS ANCESTRAL LAND, PEOPLE AND LATER WAS EVEN READY TO OFFER ISAAC AS SACRIFICE TO GOD.
GOING BACK TO THE FIRST READING WE HAVE THE EXAMPLES OF SHADRAKH, MESHEK AND ABEDNEGHO, THE THREE YOUNG MEN WHO DID NOT FEAR EVEN TO BE BURNT IN THE HOT OVEN HEATED SEVEN TIMES THAN USUAL.
MARK THEIR WORDS:
EVEN IF GOD DOES NOT SAVE US FROM FIRE WE WILL SERVE ONLY THE TRUE GOD ', THE GOD OF ISRAEL. ( ...... BECAUSE HE ALONE CAN SAVE US FROM ETERNAL FIRE. )
