The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today create
images about the relationship between God and people. The passage from the Book
of the Prophet Jeremiah describes a series of actions wherein a loincloth which
represents the intimacy between God and the people of Judah and Israel is taken
to the Euphrates, the river which is the lifeblood of the foreign conquerors and
in the separation from the chosen people, the garment and its symbol of the
union with the people is ruined. The psalmist condemns the people who “forgot
the God who gave you birth”. The association of God with the creation and
maintenance of abundant life is seen in the comparison from the Gospel of Matthew
of the Presence of God to seed which brings abundant growth and the yeast which
creates much nutrition by transforming flour to bread. The nature of the desire
of God to be the immanent and transcendent in human existence is very difficult
to understand from the words and concepts of human philosophy. In the images
and stories of parables, we can use the great gifts of meditation and
imagination to allow our indwelling Spirit to be resonant with the Divine
Spirit.
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