Today's Gospel 14 September 2020 with the words of Pope Francis

Da Paolo Tessione - September 14, 2020

READING OF THE DAY
From the book of Numbers
Nm 21,4b-9

In those days, the people could not bear the journey. The people said against God and against Moses: "Why did you bring us up from Egypt to have us die in this desert?" Because here there is neither bread nor water and we are sick of this light food ».
Then the Lord sent burning serpents among the people, which bit the people, and a great number of Israelites died.
The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and against you; the Lord begs that you remove these snakes from us ». Moses prayed for the people.
The Lord said to Moses: “Make yourself a snake and put it on a pole; whoever has been bitten and looks at it will stay alive ”. Moses then made a bronze serpent and placed it on the pole; when a snake had bitten someone, if he looked at the bronze snake, he remained alive.

GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to John
Jn 3,13-17

At that time, Jesus said to Nicodemus:

“No one has ever ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him has eternal life.
In fact, God so loved the world that he gave the only Son, so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but may have eternal life.
In fact, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world may be saved through him ”.

WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
When we look at the crucifix, we think of the Lord who suffers: all of this is true. But we stop before we get to the center of that truth: in this moment, You seem like the greatest sinner, You have made yourself sin. We must get used to looking at the crucifix in this light, which is the truest, it is the light of redemption. In Jesus made sin we see the total defeat of Christ. He does not pretend to die, he does not pretend not to suffer, alone, abandoned ... "Father, why have you forsaken me?" (Cf. Mt 27,46; Mk 15,34). It is not easy to understand this and, if we think, we will never come to a conclusion. Only, contemplate, pray and give thanks. (Santa Marta, 31 March 2020)