Thursday of 5th Week of Lent: reflection
THEME: WE ARE HEIRS TO ABRAHAM’S BLESSINGS
Reading: Gen 17:3–9
We are once more reminded that the period of Lent is a special time of grace, a time to make peace with God and our neighbor in order to be worthy to benefit from the ocean of blessings that flow from the paschal mysteries of Christ. Reconciliation with God and our neighbor also prepares us to benefit from the Abrahamic blessings.
When we consider the amazing things God promised to Abraham and his descendants, we cannot but leap with joy for being counted among the children of Abraham. The first reading of today made a list of the wonderful things God promised to Abraham and, by extension, to all his children and all those who will, by faith, become his children (you and I).
This reading, however, ended with the condition that such amazing blessings will be Abraham’s and his children’s if and only if they follow God’s ways. We all know that Abraham complied with God’s commands and was fully blessed. So, it is evident that obeying God’s commands is what stands between us and the possession of Abraham’s blessings. The time of Lent offers us a golden opportunity to come closer to God, drink from the ocean of His mercy and, then, possess the entirety of Abraham’s blessings.
Do you want Abraham’s blessing to be yours? Then, keep God’s commands as Abraham did.
May your Thursday bear abundant fruits of happiness, blessings, and success. Amen