Moving Word and Spirit

The texts of the Roman Catholic Lectionary today express the nature of the movement of the experience of intimacy with the Divine as the Apostles responded to the resonance between their indwelling Spirit and the Holy Spirit. The physical evidence is recorded as greater numbers of people joining in the experience and specific missions being launched throughout the world. The praise of the psalmist that God continues to bless the whole world is visible. The text from the Gospel of John is entitled “Summary of Jesus’ Teaching”. This summary emphasizes hearing, attending to the Word, which John proclaims at the beginning of the Gospel is made flesh in Jesus, which is eternal, is the Love of the Father. The intimacy of Creator and creature is Transcendent so the movement of Word through Spirit is Presence.