Not the expected situation

The psalmist proclaims that the “Lord is king, He is robed in majesty” (Psalm 93:1) in the texts from the Roman CatholicLectionary today. Friar Jude Winkler explains that the passage from the Book of Acts today is one of two descriptions of the life of the Christian community provided by Luke. The community who have known the majesty of Jesus interpret the mission of that knowledge to include living in a sharing relationship where none owned property and the needs of all were met. The mystery of the mission of Jesus is the question which the Jewish teacher Nicodemus wishes to understand as he comes to the dialogue presented by John in the Gospel. Friar Jude explains the way John uses different interpretation of Greek words to convey the separation of understanding which is possible here between Jesus and Nicodemus. We also tend to jump quickly to the first understanding or insight of our spiritual contemplation. The tradition of wrestling with the Word and Scripture, with which the teacher Nicodemus was familiar, seems to be pointed out by Jesus as absent from the approach of this inquiry.  The ambiguity here is grist for our mill. The wind or Spirit is the Presence of God through which we are born again or from above to be witness to the depth of the Love of God which is shown by an exaltation or majesty which may be presented from a wooden cross through which forgiveness and healing fulfill the actions of Moses in the desert.