March 31, 2026 Holy Tuesday of Holy Week Gospel: John 13:21-33, 36-38
Today is Holy Tuesday of Holy Week. The passage from the Gospel of St. John presents to us the scene of Jesus dining with His disciples. I wish to take this opportunity to offer some reflections.
When we participate in the assemblies of the People of God, God often proclaims the Gospel of the Kingdom to us through His chosen shepherds, in a language we can understand, helping us discern His will by observing their outward conduct. Yet when we rely on our own understanding of God’s will and attempt to guess it according to our own thoughts and desires—like the disciples at this dinner, who sought to know from Jesus’ lips the identity of the betrayer (cf. Jn 13:21-26)—it is because we long for a moment of peace for our restless hearts. We yearn to learn the truth about the Kingdom from those close to us, yet we are unwilling to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit, discerning in our earthly lives the vocation each of us has received from God, in accordance with all that God has revealed to us.
Perhaps we find it difficult to understand why Jesus suddenly said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him” (cf. Jn 13:31). But as we reflect deeply on our past faith journey, we can grasp its meaning. For we have all, in the love of God, received Christian Baptism: washed clean of original sin by the water flowing from His pierced Sacred Side, anointed with the Holy Spirit, and thus made worthy to receive the Body and Blood of Christ, putting on anew the righteousness of children of God. Each time we receive the Body and Blood of Christ, we celebrate the manifestation of His glory in us—He who conquered death for us and restored our life. In this way, the glory of God is fully manifested in us, His children, who though living in this changing world have already experienced His glory. For the old self, marked by the death of sin, was buried with Christ in the waters of Baptism; when we emerged from the baptismal font, we were freed from the bondage of sin and regained the freedom of children of God.
Almighty ever-living God, grant us so to celebrate the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion that we may merit to receive your pardon. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,God, for ever and ever
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