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This year, we are reading through all four Gospels.

Join us as we invite God to plant seeds of faith in our lives through His Holy Word.

Hey, Sprouts, welcome back to the Catholic Sprouts podcast where we are reading the Gospels this school year.

Today is Day 181.

We are in the gospel of John reading chapter 12 verses 37 through 50. In this section,

we are going to hear about those who believe, those who do not believe, and the mission

that Jesus has come to accomplish. But before we dive into this, let's pray together. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful,

and kindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created,

and you will renew the face of the earth. Amen. In the name of the

Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John

12, verses 37 through 50. After he had said this, Jesus left and hid from them. Although he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him, in order that the word which Isaiah, the prophet, spoke, might be fulfilled. Lord, who has believed our preaching, to whom has the might of the Lord been revealed.

For this reason, they could not believe, because again, Isaiah said, he blinded their eyes and

hardened their hearts so that they might not see with their eyes and understand with their

hearts and be converted, and I would heal them.

Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke about him.

Nevertheless, many among the authorities believed in him, but because of the Pharisees, they did not

acknowledge it openly in order not to be expelled from the synagogue, for they preferred

human praise to the glory of God. Jesus cried out and said, whoever believes in me, believes not only

in me, but also in the one who sent me. And whoever sees me, sees the one who sent me.

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