Of course this is, once again, apocalyptic language of punishment and warning, because Jesus surely wanted them to know the severity of missing the moment.
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It’s all gift! It’s all grace!
The treasure is already given to us. It’s ours to receive and to be grateful for it!
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God strengthens us to proclaim the Gospel
One wonders, after hearing these passages from scripture today, if some amount of suffering of some type necessarily accompanies sharing the Gospel.
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Woes and delights stand out equally
The first reading, an explosion of blessing and grace; and the Gospel, an explosion of condemnation and revilement — what a cataclysmic set of opposites today!
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Paul, Jesus speak of fullness of blessing and grace
Hopefully, we listen and hear!
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Knock-knock-knockin’ on heaven’s door — persistently
There is nothing that says the first attempt at prayer is the best or only possible request. Are we willing to be persistent with our God?
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Take care how you hear and listen
And although this (what I am about to say) is not a literal translation of that, one could perhaps say, use it or lose it!
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Jesus is our endless everything — our endless potential
This potential depends upon the rich gift of the unity of the Spirit. Jesus, clearly, is our eternal source of unity and peace.
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Through the Eucharist, Christ calls us to deeper unity with him
At every celebration of the Eucharist we utter those same words just before the Eucharistic Christ comes under “our roof” as we consume the Eucharist
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Like St. John Chrysostom, we’re compelled to follow, become like Christ in every way
That was his calling, and that is our calling.
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