Tag: #Alongsideoneanother
#SV – What Seed(s)?
What kind of seeds do we sow, yet we want God to make them grow? What kind of attitudes do we project, yet we want our society to be a place of peace and harmony? The mustard seed did not grow to become a pawpaw tree. The wheat seeds did not grow to become tares. We cannot spew hate and injustice and expect peace and harmony as outcome. We cannot show indifference and lack of compassion and expect the world to be a beautiful place. The kingdom of God is a place or state of joy, righteousness, peace and happiness, … Continue reading #SV – What Seed(s)?
#SV – Human Blood
The blood of Christ was shed because of the quality of our blood. If blood is a symbol of life, then this life is to be understood not only as physical, material, mortal but also spiritual. The redemption of our life is the mission of the Son of God and to do this, He paid with his blood. No longer was our covenant with God determined by the sprinkling of the blood of animals, because we are valuable. We are bought at a costly price. Christ’s blood upgraded the value of our blood. The culture of death in different parts … Continue reading #SV – Human Blood
#SV – Baptism-In
#SV – Veni, Sancte Spiritus
I am particularly thrilled by the first reading from First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthian Church (12:3b-7, 12-13). You can read it very slowly and meditate on it. Pay attention to how the community became an expression of difference and unity through the agency of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit’s model of unity is not the one that surpasses difference – in the many gifts, many languages, many cultures, many fruits…. The Holy Spirit is a divine aesthetic intelligence. The crisis in most parts of the world, the conflicts that dot our paths, the divisions in many places … Continue reading #SV – Veni, Sancte Spiritus
#SV – In God, In Love
There is a difference between ‘being in love’ and ‘falling in love’: When we fall in love, it is often with just one other person whose heart and features overwhelms us that we are completely drawn to him or her. Falling in love is often private, individualized and bespoke. But being in love is a lifestyle of love that is not discriminatory or individually focused. It is an attitude of living in total appreciation of humanity and creation. For the person that is ‘is’ in love, to live is to love, and everything and everyone is the object of one’s … Continue reading #SV – In God, In Love
Alongside One Another 