Reflection on readings for March 7th

Our second reading includes these words: “Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified.” What the Jews and Greeks failed to recognize was that in Jesus was present the clearest sign of God’s love for all people. The love that Jesus revealed was what brought Him to the cross, and in the cross we realize that Jesus lived that message of love up to His last breath. This same love raised Jesus from the dead. That same gift of love is how we experience the forgiveness of our sins, and, in the process, we experience new life.