Nourish our relationship

The texts in the Roman Catholic Lectionary for the 3rd Sunday in Lent cover a lot of topics. The Book of Exodus relates Moses encounter with the Divine in the Burning Bush. The psalmist raises a hymn in praise of the goodness of God whose steadfast love for people is beyond measure. Paul’s 1st letter to the Corinthians shows us how the people before us are examples we need to learn from to develop our relationship with the indwelling Spirit. We need to know that God offers the same relationship to them. Some desired evil. Some complained. Some moved away from the relationship. Luke writes of Jesus using a parable to awaken the people to the call to bear fruit in their relationships. The gift of awareness of our relationship with the Divine calls us to bring this understanding to others. There are not “evil” people who are condemned but we risk loss of the knowledge of our connection to the life giving Spirit if we do not nourish it. It will wither if it is not lived.