A reading from the Gospel according to John, which tends to magnify Jesus’ flawless and perfect divinity, is used on today’s Feast of Corpus Christi which tends to magnify Jesus’ flesh and blood humanity, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven.” The magnificence of the Incarnation, divinity enfleshed, continues to inspire. Pope … Continue reading “The Flesh and Blood of Magnifica Humanitas”
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Lethal Gods with Lethal Weapons
Today’s non-Gospel readings tell of a lethal God. The Book of Wisdom recalls God’s lethal plague killing the first-born of the Egyptians, “a multitude of their children (you) made perish all at once.” The Letter to the Hebrews recalls Abraham’s willingness to take a knife and obey God’s lethal command to “sacrifice” his son Isaac. … Continue reading “Lethal Gods with Lethal Weapons”