The tension today in the texts from the RomanCatholic Lectionary is between society religious leadership and understanding
and experience of the people. It is tension between established dogma and
evidence of a life filled relationship. The brilliant minds which have helped
shape our study and understanding of the big questions are struggling with
eternal, infinite and deeply intimate realms of human experience and passion.
Our humanity, at times, strives to have the answer rather than continue the
seeking. The Sadducees, in the text from the Acts of the Apostles, have
consolidated their learning about God and the evidence of the actions of the
Apostles provoked them to try to stem the flood of enthusiasm about a
relationship with God which is forgiving, healing and eternal. This is the Good
News which liberated the people and temporarily imprisoned the Apostles. The Jewish
teacher, Nicodemus, has been drawn to dialogue with Jesus about His claim to
Divinity. The people proclaim the Presence of God they experience in Jesus
actions. Friar Jude Winkler comments on the nature of God to so love the world
that he invites people into the love relationship between Father and Son. Human
experience and the traditions of Law and Prophets struggle to reach comprehension
of this invitation. Friar Jude presents the eternal life promised in this familiar
passage from the Gospel of John as living in the loving relationship between Father
and Son. Choosing to reject this invitation is to choose a condemnation to darkness.
This darkness is the attribute that overcame Judas, according to Friar Jude.
Life in Christ, according to John is lived in the light of His Love. Life for ourselves
is in the darkness.
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