+ We have wonderful readings on this weekday in the Easter Season. In the
first, we see the overarching power of the “word of God” – which is of course,
the Word of God: JESUS – who cannot be thwarted nor
manipulated, silenced nor eradicated.
The supposed guardians of the
Jewish religion can see that they are going to have a difficult time dealing
with this “new Way,” by these “radical people,” and they begin calculating how
they can stamp out the revolution before it firmly takes hold.
But
there is no imprisoning the word of the
Lord!
God’s word and message is so
plain and simple and beautiful: In the gospel passage we have the consoling and
energizing words: God so loved the world
that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might
not perish but might have eternal life. What could be so threatening about
that? What could be more life-giving and encouraging than that?
May we today live the “new
Way” as fully as when we first were introduced to it on the day of our
baptisms; and may we bring the “life-giving words” of the Jesus-story to all we
meet, in one way or another today. It doesn’t have to be an elaborate
catechesis, just side-comments on the love of God and his fatherly care are
enough!
God so
loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who
believes in him might have eternal life.
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