CHRIST DIES IN EVERY JUST MAN

SATURDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3,9-12; Jn 7:40-52 Christ in Us, the Hope of Glory The paschal mysteries, which we have explained as the mystery of Jesus Christ, are indeed profound. They draw from the very depth of God’s will, which is an unfathomable abyss of goodness for us. Because God is our creator, his intention for making us sits deep within each person he created as the source of our being. Because he made us for himself, there is a deep yearning for God within us, which no creature can ever satisfy. On the other hand, erected within the consciousness of sinful man, is a tendency to self. The tendency is a negative or corrupted desire for God that turns to seek self in place of God. It is a device of the evil one, who erected this false god in the consciousness of man by casting doubt on the word of God, thereby closing the entrance of the word of God into the human soul. The conflict between these two centres of desire in us characterises the paschal ...