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  • Do Not Be Afraid

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    Jesus calls fishermen to follow him on his Way, “’Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.’ When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed Jesus.” Jesus is gathering commoners to co-create the Community of God. It will be the transforming witness to the military…

  • Being Groomed

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    Millions of people will hear this Sunday’s readings in which violence will be presented to us as normal, even as Godly. We are to “offer due sacrifice to the Lord,” meaning to kill a living being, because it is presented as “pleasing to the Lord.” Sacrifice is presented as Godly “to expiate the sins…

  • Speaking Out

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    In the first reading this Sunday, Ezra is reading to the people from “the book of the law of God.” He is speaking out in support of their ruler, Nehemiah. He is instructing the people to support Nehemiah. Nehemiah is a nationalist who is dividing the people from neighbors. He is rebuilding a wall…

  • Making This Our Hour

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    “When the wine (at the Cana wedding) ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.” Jesus told them, “Fill the…

  • Expectation to Be Peacemakers

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    Isaiah in the Old Testament writes of the War Lord Yahweh saying, “Here is my servant whom I uphold.” Through this servant, there is the expectation of a coming triumph against enemies, “I, the LORD, have called you for the victory… and he shall divide the spoils with the mighty. “Luke in the Gospel…

  • Departing the Land of Rulers for Another Way

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    “When Jesus was born” “in the days of King Herod, behold, Magi from the east” inquired, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled.” “Then Herod called the magi secretly and…

  • Shifting from Danger to Peace

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    Jesus parents are worried. Is he in danger they wonder, as “they cannot find him.”  “They returned to Jerusalem to look for him.” They remained worried, concerned about him being in danger for another 3 full days. “After three days they found him.” “When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother…

  • Advent Divinity

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    “Foreshadowing the union of the World! From all the ends of earth we come! Old Night, the elder sister of the Day, Mother of Dawn in the golden East, Meets in the misty twilight with her brood, Pale and black, tawny, red and brown, The mighty human rainbow of the world… The Buddha walks…

  • Advent: Kindness

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    “The Children cease to play, and look at the old woman…Who is as good as all that?… our mother. She has God in her soul. She cares for us, the poor. She has given me a skirt — and some tea, and money too… How could we exist if it were not for such…

  • Advent Conversion

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    The warrior seeks a baptism of repentance, a “kind solace in a dying hour… Know thou the secret of a spirit Bow’d from its wild pride into shame… O craving heart, for the lost flowers And sunshine of my summer hours! The undying voice of that dead time, With its interminable chime, Rings, in…