April 7, 2025 - Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Artist Sister Mary of the Compassion, OP (1908-1977)

“I know where I came from…and where I am going.”  (John 8:14) 

These words of Jesus taken from today’s Gospel speak volumes about the self-knowledge Jesus possessed about His identity and His mission. They tell us that Jesus had no doubt about His origin or His destination, they tell us that Jesus was fully aware of His identity as the Son of God, and they tell us that He understood and fully embraced the mission that had been entrusted to Him by His Father. This was Jesus speaking about His identity with conviction and confidence; this was Jesus boldly proclaiming that He would not be dissuaded or deterred from completing His mission.  

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if each of us could speak with the same conviction and confidence about our identity, and our origin and destination, as did Jesus? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if each of us could boldly proclaim that we embrace our mission in life with the same determination as did Jesus?  

As followers of Jesus Christ, the Season of Lent is the perfect time to give thought to these questions about our identity and mission. Do we understand that as Christians, our most important identity is as sons and daughters of God the Father? Do we understand that as Christians, our primary mission in life is to continue the work of Jesus Christ by the way we live out our lives and the way in which we see and engage with others?  

You see, each of us may think we know where we came from and where we are going, but unless we truly understand who we are and what our mission in life is, we are merely stumbling through the days of our lives, when there is a much clearer path to follow. May Jesus, the Light of the World, be the beacon that guides us through these days of Lent, and through all the days of our lives.  

 O God, by whose wondrous grace we are enriched with every blessing, grant us so to pass from former ways to newness of life, that we may be made ready for the glory of the heavenly Kingdom. 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. (Roman Missal)

Rev. Robert Suszko, Vice Rector and Business Manager

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