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#SV – Vital participation

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

That the solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ follows the solemnity of the Trinity is not a mere coincidence. Rather the former flows from the latter. As the refection of last Sunday remarked, the life of the Trinity is the life of love, the participation in the Body and Blood of Christ is to share in this life (of love) of God. The Eucharist is thus a love feast – yet not in the empty understanding of feast, rather it is a holy immersion into the life of God. It is to commune with God and hence to … Continue reading #SV – Vital participation

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#SV – Love-filled

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The Pentecost feast reminds us once again that for us Christians, it is a ‘new’ version of Pentecost; one in which love is made accessible to us to live and share in a very radical way. This radicality of love has already been exemplified in the life of Jesus himself, who readily gave his life for the sake of love. In that sense the ultimate consequence of love is death – death to selfishness, to clannishness, to parochialism, to ethnicity, to racism, to extremisms that exclude, injure, hate, hurt, main, kill, destroy, and impoverish others. It is only when we … Continue reading #SV – Love-filled

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#SV – Enough Room(s)

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Growing up, there is this popular hymn that is based on this particular passage of the Gospel (John 14:2): “In my Father’s house…” The hymn goes like this: In my Father’s house, there are many mansions there, In my Father’s house (twice) In my Father’s house, there are many mansions there, In my Father’s house above. Happy, happy, happy we shall be (trice) In my Father’s house above. Now this is a very exciting song, but the little trouble I have with the song is the exclusive reference of the Father’s house as the one ‘above’. This is purely transcendent … Continue reading #SV – Enough Room(s)