+ We have an interesting gospel passage today. The
people know what makes sense when it comes to patching an old cloak or storing
wine in skins, but the cannot make sense of Jesus.
What does this mean?
They prejudge him according to
standards not adequate to his stature.
He is “the source of eternal
salvation,” whose perfection is revealed in the obedience with which he faces
suffering.
Only those who accept that
paradox understand.
May we be among those this day
who stop trying to judge Jesus, to make sense of him, to put him into neat
little boxes that fit our dwarfed capabilities of real understanding – and accept
him and his words and his actions as something entirely new, entirely
unpredictable, entirely spontaneous, entirely based in the here and now, the
here and now, the HERE and NOW – as it keeps changing all day long.
God is a God of surprises;
Jesus is his messenger; the Holy Spirit is the Light and Spark of creativeness,
adventure and eternal bliss that comes to those who are simply open to it: our
baptism said YES I BELIEVE THIS: will our words and deeds today match our YES?
The world is on the brink of a
whole new world order – its fullness can barely be comprehended – but one day
it will be our common experience – lets go for this experience, let’s go for
this newness of life, let’s go for the Kingdom!
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