This mystery, I believe, offers us a deep understanding of Christ, of the world, and of our relationship to both.
Sermons on 1 John
It did not happen all at once, but I did have a new birth.
Fr. Cannon preaches a sermon at the 8:00 a.m. service on the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Today’s readings are Acts 8:26-40; 1 John 4:7-21 and The Gospel According to John 15:1-8. You can view those readings and more on our online bulletin by clicking on this link.
We have a different desire. We have a different hope that the voice that calls us each by name…is something that provides hope and understanding.
Jesus is telling his disciples then, and us now, that this is how He cares for us. He’s not a leader who is around just long enough to get paid, like the hired hand. He’s not there just to do the easy work. Jesus the Good Shepherd has come to offer salvation through love, self-giving, tenderness and vulnerability.
Jesus wants to give them concrete proof that he is real. That even his resurrection body can eat and digest food.
How can we give our hearts to something we don’t know through our own experience?
Maybe nothing changes in our life that would make for some extraordinary story. Perhaps it is simply that the eye of our heart opens and we begin to engage ourselves. and others in small ways.