+ Our gospel passage today is a powerhouse of essential, vital and
pertinent information about just what is what, and where is
where, and why is why and who is whom!
Point 1 – Jesus replied to
those who accused him of making himself equal to God (the Father), now look,
the Father and I are one – really truly one and the same identity though two
separate manifestations: therefore what you hear me and see me do, is not my
own idea at all, it is the Father: for I only do and say what I see and hear the
Father doing and saying! This is not that difficult to understand.
Point 2 – Therefore, whoever
does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father and vice versa. This is
simple human logic in formulation.
Point 3 – And, whoever
believes in me, believes in the one who sent me, the Father – and they will
have my life, eternal life, unimagined experience, that there are not even many
human categories to describe it – for it is truly time-less, and eternal, and
it just simply is what it is! And that would be astounding to the maximum!
Point 4 – Also, a time is
coming, when time will run out – and then those living at that time, plus all
the dead from ages past having been called forth from their earthly graves,
tombs and ashes, will all together take their place in a new heavens and new
earth, where Jesus will be all in all: King Triumphant who will reign down his
Peace, Joy, Bliss and Inexpressible Happiness forever.
Point 5 – This, for those who
have tried the best they can to LISTEN to what was revealed by the Son of God
made Flesh – Jesus Christ – and to put it in to practice: which is to LOVE,
self-sacrificially, not counting the cost: this is all there is to it, really,
but it is so very difficult to do.
Conclusion: what an amazing
reality: this is not just some fairy tale – or pie in the sky! this is the way
things are and can be for anyone at all.
Action: so how today can we
fully participate in this unfolding love-drama: we can do, like Jesus did, the
actions that Isaiah foretold would be the sign of divine action that anyone at
all can do: saying to prisoners, come
out; saying to those in darkness, show yourselves; by making sure the sheep
have food and water, by making straight highways for the Lord to come and go
for his people; by singing out songs of rejoicing along with those in heaven
who sing them; by comforting God’s people, our neighbors, and showing them
mercy; by assuring everyone, every single person we meet that God the Father
loves them more tenderly than a mother who loves her child of her womb – and
that is pretty amazing love!
The gospel Acclamations sums
it nicely: I am the resurrection and the
life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me will never die.
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