Jesus has been preaching to thousands who are now hungry. The disciples tell Jesus, “‘Five loaves and two fish are all we have.’ Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, Jesus said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the … Continue reading “Fair Trade”
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Religious Role, Human Vocation
“Jesus said to disciples, “The Spirit… will glorify me, (to) take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine.” The concept of the Trinity, which includes making Jesus God, is developed over time by ruling patriarchs. The author of John’s Gospel, which is today’s reading for the … Continue reading “Religious Role, Human Vocation”
Noise to Move Us
“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind.” “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues… (People) from every nation… gathered in a large crowd… (and) each one … Continue reading “Noise to Move Us”
To the Ends of the Earth
Luke writes the Acts of the Apostles after he wrote his Gospel, “In the first book… I dealt with all that Jesus did until the day he ascended.” At his ascension Jesus told the people, “You will receive power when the Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses… to the ends of … Continue reading “To the Ends of the Earth”
Revelation: Truth and Peace
In the Book of Revelation, John of Patmos, is reporting on the persecution and violence experienced by early peacemakers. John exhorts them to keep praying and working for peace. John uses symbolic language that includes war images. He begins by writing of a “rider called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.” … Continue reading “Revelation: Truth and Peace”
Revelation: Now
In the Book of Revelation, John of Patmos has a vision of a “new earth,” for the “former earth had passed away.” Currently there are persons who misinterpret the book and believe their destructive God will set them in rule over the ‘new earth.’ The rulers will be justified in making ‘former sinners pass away.’ … Continue reading “Revelation: Now”
Revelation: Mothers
John of Patmos uses the symbol of a lamb in his Revelation writings. He describes a gathering of peaceful people, “a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue (who) stood before… the lamb… who will shepherd them” John is borrowing the lamb symbol from Jesus who uses it … Continue reading “Revelation: Mothers”
Revelation: Love
What I did for love moved me far beyond my home in Galilee. I was an itinerant, journeying from one village to the next with my mission to love. So many people touched my life as I touched theirs. Some were hateful, lethally so. But they could not kill my mild Spirit. They could not … Continue reading “Revelation: Love”
Revelation: Visionaries
The writer of the Book of Revelation, John of Patmos, claims to relay the visions of Jesus, “This is the revelation God gave to Jesus Christ.” John claims Jesus claims to be the “ruler of the kings of earth” who “made us a royal nation.” Jesus’ lived revelation in the Gospel is not that of … Continue reading “Revelation: Visionaries”
Feast on Spirituality
“On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed.” While it was still dark and there is no light by which Mary could see, she is moved by the Spirit to venture out. Her spirituality, or … Continue reading “Feast on Spirituality”