Concerned about changing our way

The revolutionary zeal we see mostly among the young of the world  has a paradoxical position within those who a seeking greater communion with the Divine. The Roman Catholic Lectionary today relates the martyrdom of Stephen from the Acts of the Apostles. Stephen is a peculiar "revolutionary martyr" because he accuses the Hebrew people of being "stiff-necked", which is a reference to their attitude to Moses from the ancient time of wandering in the desert. Friar Jude Winkler describes Stephen's accusation as one of rejection of their Tradition. The tension in Christianity between the rich tradition and the "radical" Jesus is a false dichotomy. The "radical" Jesus is found in the tradition as Winkler points to the Book of Daniel and the psalms of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah as the link from Stephen's actions in being killed while forgiving your persecutors. Lack of understanding about the nature of the ancient desire of God for intimacy with people is overcome traditionally by  Wisdom, which is a gift from God. In the Gospel of John, Jesus begins a discourse on His place as spiritual food to bring the understanding which will satisfy our hunger for the traditional Wisdom and slake our thirst to know our place as priest, prophet, king, revolutionary or martyr in the ancient Divine plan.