Has it, indeed, turned hearts back to our fathers and our fathers to us; back to our mothers and our mothers to us. Back to our brothers and our sisters, and even back to ourselves? One wonders.
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Do we hear the voice of the shepherd?
And do we follow?
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These stories of healing, faith have much to share, say to us
This two-in-one story of healing and faith has much to share and much to say to us.
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We see and hear the Promise in Christ
The same promise that finally that long-cascading procession of Old Testament names could finally discover: the Son of the Most High God indeed was fulfilling it all.
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Why are you terrified?
Maybe this God, in all kinds of ways and through all kinds of things — and in both good and bad times, and in joy and pain and sorrow — maybe this God truly has come to his people.
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‘Live by faith’ is the mantra
These parables provide understanding and help us to be able to welcome the life of God’s kingdom into our spirit and our souls.
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We are a light in a lampstand that would give light to all
And because Jesus was always concerned that all would see and hear with the eyes and ears of the heart, he reiterated: “Anyone who has ears ought to hear” and they should “take care what you [they] hear.”
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Do we hear these stories today as the Good News?
Does God’s word continue, each day, to touch us and deepen our own wondrous conversions?
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God spoke a new word in the person of Jesus
To die upon a cross was not in itself salvific, but to love and forgive on that cross was.
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The Holy Spirit is present in this very promised time
To choose ignorance is, as the word suggests, ignoring what is right before one’s very eyes. It is like looking directly into the sun, denying that it will hurt you, and then discovering that you have done irreparable damage to your eyes.
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