Eucharistic Gospel Reading for Sunday of Proper 14: Year B
“It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.” (John 6:45)
Our Lord Jesus says that the people who come to him are in fact sent to him by the Creator. I think this is true for me. I remember taking chemistry and philosophy in my undergraduate studies. I was attending college classes at night after work. So while it was not advised to take a full class load while working, it was a challenge to compare the two.
On the one hand I had the elemental nature of science which showed all the known elements of which the simplest seemed to me to be hydrogen. How old was hydrogen? In philosophy, there is thought, how old was thought. Then the big question was like the chicken or the egg – which came first, the atom or the thought?
Did atoms, in some way assemble together to form thought? Or, was the atom itself the product of Thought? (notice the capital “T”). So you can see that my early ponderings brought me to a stronger belief in God. And from God I was brought to our Lord Jesus, not necessarily to the Bible or even Church, but to the Incarnation. The Bible and the Church came later. From the Incarnation however, came love. And from love, I have not moved.
Please keep up your thoughts and prayers and hopes for Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Palestine, and our schools. And, as we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and serve, and to teach others to love and serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
Let us pray:
Almighty God, you have no beginning and no end. You are Alfa and Omega. Your sacred and creative wisdom has brought together all creation to include humanity in your Image. Continually lead us and guide us O God to think, say, and do those things pleasing in your sight through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior: Amen.
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