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SATURDAY, FIFTH WEEK OF LENT<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Ez 37: 21-28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jer 31: 10-13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jn 11: 45-57<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n GOD BRINGS BACK WHAT HAS BEEN SCATTERED<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n The readings today carry a quiet and steady promise. God sees His people living in pieces, pulled apart by fear, pain, and confusion, and He speaks a word that reaches across every distance in the human heart. He says that He Himself will gather His people again. He will bring them back, form them into one, and give them a place to rest. It is a promise filled with gentleness. The prophet describes a people separated not only from one another but from their own sense of who they were meant to be. Life had broken them in many ways. Yet God does not speak harshly. He speaks with the calm certainty of someone who has already decided to restore what is lost. God will bring them home. God will unite what life has divided.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n In the Gospel we see this promise taking steps walking on the earth. Jesus becomes the sign that God keeps His word. But instead of welcoming the hope He brings, some begin to fear Him. They worry about their own control, their own safety, and their own plans. Their fear leads them to plot His death. What they do not know is that their decision becomes the very path through which God fulfills His promise. God uses even the darkest choices to gather His scattered children back to Himself.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n This touches something real in each of us. We all have days when we feel scattered inside. Days when our thoughts run in different directions, when our hearts feel tired, or when old wounds pull us away from peace. Sometimes we feel far from God without being able to explain why. But the truth in these readings is simple. God is always searching for the lost pieces of our hearts. God knows where we feel divided and He does not turn away. He brings unity where we feel broken. He brings calm where we feel stretched thin. As we move toward the Holy Week, perhaps the invitation is to allow God to gather us again. To let Him bring peace to the places where we feel scattered. To let Him bring us home.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n Response: The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd keeps his flock.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Copyright \u00a92026 \u00a9Springs of Living Water\u00a0 http:\/\/springs.carmelmedia.in<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SATURDAY, FIFTH WEEK OF LENT \u00a0 Ez 37: 21-28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jer 31: 10-13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jn 11: 45-57 \u00a0 GOD BRINGS BACK WHAT HAS BEEN SCATTERED \u00a0 The readings today carry a quiet and steady promise. God sees His people living in pieces, pulled apart by fear, pain, and confusion, and He speaks a word that reaches across … <\/p>\n
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