The gospel passage today
speaks of a “kingdom” and a “church”
as the initial stages of that kingdom – as a potentially all-pervasive,
all-encompassing and welcoming community of believers. All are welcome to this
shelter and home-away-from-home but not as free-loafers, not as vagabonds, not
as useless baggage. No. Being a member of God’s kingdom, God’s family, God’s
people means being “in via” – “on the way” – each day to a greater perfection
than the previous day; to a deeper commitment to God and the dictates of his
Son Jesus (which reflect the dictates of the Law his Father gave to Moses and
the people of Israel of old).
Being
a member of God’s flock means being actively aware and being will each day to
cooperate with graces given to build up the Body of Christ. Things for us are
meant to be changing always – not into something different – but into something
new and exciting – a more complete manifestation of our true selves – selves
that are loved unconditionally and deeply by God – so that we can love him back
absolutely and entirely, and others as we have been loved by him.
The father willed to give us birth by the word of
truth that we may be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Good fruit, authentic and genuine fruit!
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