Quinquagesima

Today's Reading: Luke 18:31-43

Daily Lectionary: Job 21:1-21; John 8:39-59

But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken. (Luke 18:34)

In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. In this Gospel story, the disciples of Jesus don't know what He's talking about. Then He opens the eyes of a blind man. The simple message is this: We need our Lord to open our eyes of faith so that we may believe what the Scriptures say about Him.

The Bible tells us that Jesus was conceived in the Virgin's womb, was baptized, preached and taught and did miracles and then was crucified on the cross and was alive again on the third day. But even the devil knows that stuff! Jesus laid it out for His disciples but it didn't mean anything to them until later on when Jesus had risen and they received the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.

The same goes for you. Just knowing the bare facts doesn't do you any good. Rather, you need to know that all that J