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Is 49: 8-15; Jn 5:17-30 Today’s Gospel highlights sacrifice as a relative virtue thanks to the fact that what we sacrifice depends on how much we love someone.  I believe that a story can help us understand the mutuality of love between Jesus and his Father. As he was walking on the street, a man […]

Ez 47:1-9, 12; Jn 5:1-16 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus’ compassion for the man at the Pool of Bethesda. How does Jesus’ compassion work here? When Jesus encounters the man who has been desperately waiting to get into the pool when the angel stirs the waters (thought to have healing powers), he asks him, ‘Do you