+ 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, [which
has devastated and defeated the lying, malicious, deceptive word of the Father
of Lies – Lucifer!]
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?
And how easy it is to spot the
disciples of darkness and deceit [even the unwitting ones, the pawns of the
Evil One], their prevaricated, twisted, hyper-exaggerated, words give them
away!
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!
And let us not be afraid to
militate verbally against the fake and alternate fact barrage that so easily
can infiltrate human language and intercourse!
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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