Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

Jesus moved about within Galilee;

he did not wish to travel in Judea,

because the Jews were trying to kill him.

But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast,

he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.

Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said,

“Is he not the one they are trying to kill?

And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him.

Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ?

But we know where he is from.

When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.”

So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said,

“You know me and also know where I am from.

Yet I did not come on my own,

but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true.

I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”

So they tried to arrest him,

but no one laid a hand upon him,

because his hour had not yet come.

Today's reflection from an 8th grade student from St. Robert Catholic School.

Even though Jesus did not want to travel in Judea, his brothers went, so Jesus did too. He didn't want to travel to Judea openly, so he did so secretly. Jesus went "secretly" but he still taught openly. Some people in Jerusalem suspected Jesus to be the Christ. Jesus teaches us here that even though we may be unsure, we know where we're from and who created us. Even though we can't know God completely, we have a relationship with him much like Jesus himself did. 

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