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A Love that Fills

7th Sunday of Easter
Solemnity of the Pentecost


IN TODAY'S GOSPEL (John 7.37-39), the Beloved Apostle recalled Jesus speaking before the Jews in the synagogue during the last and greatest day of the feast. The Lord invited the people of Israel who thirst amid the evils of life to come to Him and be filled. Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. 

Interestingly, the Lord did not invite those who do not thirst to come to him. And this lack of invitation has profound meaning to reflect upon. He did not invite them because either (a) they are self-sufficient in their lives and think they do not need the Holy Spirit, or (b) they are so close to the Lord anyway no invitation would be necessary. The first group of people believed they do not need a drink; the second are already drinking what the Lord can give.

Above all that, the Lord sought to fill those who thirst. He came to bring everlasting water to those whose souls thirsted for God. Lord, I thirst for you all through my life. And the Lord answered: "Come, I shall fill your thirst. That's the reason I came. That's why my Father sent me."

FATHER, thank you for recognizing the hunger and thirst in our souls. Thank you for noticing the darkness enveloping us. And thank you for sending your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ to be the Eternal Well from who the flowing of living water come to us, and fill our thirst; satisfy our hunger.

 LORD, thank you for offering yourself to death as a Sacrificial Lamb of God from whose blood our salvation came to us, and the fountain of grace flows into our soul and consumes it with the love that only Eternity could ever fathom. Above all thank you for offering your life to save us at the moment when we most do not deserve it. Amen. 
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