Sowing Faith from a Boat
“This is not a parable about the glory of God and all the uplifting sayings that energize a crowd… This parable is a warming.”
“This is not a parable about the glory of God and all the uplifting sayings that energize a crowd… This parable is a warming.”
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment.”
“Remember, Jesus had to chide one apostle or another every time they didn’t quite get the message. Don’t worry. God is patient.”
“And if we pray, really pray in thanksgiving, gratitude, and in humble petition for the good of the world, the Holy Spirit will sustain us, open our mouths, and maybe the Gospel will come pouring out, the way Jesus instructed when he sent disciples into the world.”
“In The Spirit of Love Law says, ‘Thus the mystery of our redemption proclaims nothing but a God of love toward fallen man. It was the love of God that could not behold the misery of fallen man without demanding and calling for his salvations.’ That same love that overshadowed Mary, the Theotokos.”
Both the lectionary readings and the Daily Office readings for Holy Week tell again and again how Christ Jesus was seen after the Crucifixion. The
We are in it now, the last race, the last heartbreaking mile. Yesterday we walked with our Lord as he entered Jerusalem’s Eastern Gate astride
Lent, if followed devoutly, opens us all up to a lot of places where we probably would rather not have looked. And those places are where demons dwell, or where demons can find the food of discontent, uneasiness, regret, even despair, and move in with their demonic friends.
What counts is that he says to her in her language, Aramaic, “Get up.” And she does. And then he instructs the happily hysterical family to do something useful. “Get her something to eat.” Yes, the Bread of Life is saying stop hanging on me and get her a bowl of soup.
This is the one month a year where we are told to look inside, to beg forgiveness for things we haven’t even noticed.