12 March Tuesday 4 Lent Wading in Temple's healing waters through Christ

You are listening to the homily from the Eucharistic Celebration at Duc In Altum, Magdala, given by Fr. Eamon Kelly L.C.📖 Find today's readings here: https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading▶ Follow the daily live stream Eucharistic Celebration, Monday to Saturday at 6:30 P.M.(Holy Land Time) and Sunday at 8:15 A.M. (Holy Land Time): https://www.youtube.com/@magdalaenglishYou can join Fr. Kelly in his morning Stroll & Chat every morning from Magdala: https://linktr.ee/ekellylcJn 5:1-16There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gatea pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes.In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled.One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.When Jesus saw him lying thereand knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him,"Do you want to be well?"The sick man answered him,"Sir, I have no one to put me into the poolwhen the water is stirred up;while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me."Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk."Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked.Now that day was a sabbath.So the Jews said to the man who was cured,"It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."He answered them, "The man who made me well told me,'Take up your mat and walk.'"They asked him,"Who is the man who told you, 'Take it up and walk'?"The man who was healed did not know who it was,for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd there.After this Jesus found him in the temple area and said to him,"Look, you are well; do not sin any more,so that nothing worse may happen to you."The man went and told the Jewsthat Jesus was the one who had made him well.Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesusbecause he did this on a sabbath.Follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/experiencemagdala/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magdalenglishSubscribe to our Newsletter https://bit.ly/magdala-newsletterHelp us to keep developing the Magdala Project. Your donation is essential to us🫶 https://bit.ly/magdala-donate© Copyright of New Gate to Peace Foundation 2024