The Roman Catholic Lectionary today presents texts with a
bold proclamation of the dominion of God. The Book of the prophet Isaiah proclaims
the protection of God as the exiles are welcomed to return to Jerusalem where a
city which the scattered, desolate and prisoners can again be the example of
the Covenant between God and His people. The impression that God has forgotten
His people is to be rejected as Isaiah compares God to being more faithful than
the nursing mother who cannot forget the child at her breast. (lyrics of Isaiah49 by Carey Landry). The psalmist proclaims the grace and mercy of God of
steadfast love, Who is slow to anger and Who shows compassion to all Creation.
In the Gospel from John, Jesus counters the disapproval of the Pharisees about
healing on the Sabbath with a bold assertion that He must follow the Will of
His Father, God. The idea of God being in human form as Jesus states is beyond
even the understanding of the Messiah who would return to restore the Kingdom
of David to Israel. Jesus declares that passage from death to life is Present to
those who accept the Son of God. The invitation to life and the healing actions
of Jesus are the Will of the Father to which Jesus is subject and through which
resurrection to life is offered to people.
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