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Sermons on Jesus
What is at stake is Jesus’ very mission; not just the right or wrong answer by his disciples.
…Now here comes Jesus proclaiming a new kind of family defined as those who seek to do God’s will, regardless of their family or kinship background.
This mystery, I believe, offers us a deep understanding of Christ, of the world, and of our relationship to both.
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.
The horror and violence inflicted on Jesus showed the depth of human evil but also the ultimate defeat of human power. God’s love, as revealed in Jesus, can never be silence, never be killed, and it is that love that restores humanity.
How able are we to see across the two sides of the veil?