Intimate presence and guide to rules

Lord and lowly

The texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary expand upon the proclamation of the psalmist that God is near to all who call on Him. The presence of God in our lives may take the form of the fatherly love and attention of Paul for the Corinthians as Ed Morse sees as personal assistance in his daily life to live in love and respect for those he encounters. Friar Jude Winkler comments on the efforts of Paul to call the Corinthians away from visions of being admired and rich to the reality of living the cross of Jesus. He notes that Jesus, in the Gospel from Luke, declares His authority as God to reset the priority and practices the scribes and Pharisees commanded be observed on the Sabbath. Ed Morse understands the presence of God in the freedom from rule based practices that Jesus declares. In life as a disciple, modelling Paul in attending to participating in the cross of Jesus, we experience an intimate relationship of freedom from concern about doing the right thing.

Choices which conflict with culture

Transformation is wise

Strife Immaturity Mission

Faith and demons

Moving through misunderstanding

The message of the Good News which comes as a surprise in making valued what we have considered of little value and asking us to be humble and open to rejection as we live it helps us understand that, as Friar Jude suggests, the invitation to be messengers of the Word may pass from us to others.