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In 2014, I am facilitating a 12-week interactive online course in contemplative prayer and action for priests with Saint Luke Institute. Please visit SLIconnect.org to learn more: https://www.sliconnect.org/product/living-god-program-contemplative-life-2/
In 2014, I am facilitating a 12-week interactive online course in contemplative prayer and action for priests with Saint Luke Institute. Please visit SLIconnect.org to learn more: https://www.sliconnect.org/product/living-god-program-contemplative-life-2/
Tuesday of the 2nd
Week of Easter
St. Luke Institute
April 29, 2014
THE REALITY OF OUR
LIVES ++++++++++++++++++++++
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6-months at SLI can be a bit of roller coaster
ride
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A month can have us going thru stages of anger,
confusion, break thrus, set backs, & new friendship
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Sometimes that can happen in a single week!
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And even after 6 months, we may still not be
sure where we will end up living or ministering
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So R stay can have aspects of mystery & feel
bit terrifying
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Being faced with so many crossroads makes us
keenly aware that we are not in control
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In the face of uncertainty, it takes honesty and
courage to acknowledge our dependence on God
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Both readings today speak of this experience of
dependence on God
GOSPEL
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W/ Nicodemus we learn that to be born again from
above is to be caught up in the life of the Spirit
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Playing off the double meaning of pneuma, Jesus invokes the image of wind
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Using it, he points out that the Spirit’s life
is a life we do not control
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We never fully know where that life comes from
nor where it will take us
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However, that uncertainty Jesus tells us is why
he has been given to us
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That is, in his Paschal Mystery we are assured
of God’s love for us…
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We are given a triumphal hope that in the end trumps
all of our uncertainties
ACTS
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In Acts we see what results when followers of
Jesus allow the wind to blow thru them
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They sell their property and lay it at the feet
of the Apostles for distribution
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They give their possessions, their land, and
their lives so they can be given as the Wind chooses
CONCLUSION
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These days after Easter are days when we
recognize and acknowledge the turmoil in our lives
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We need to allow ourselves to be swept up in the
Spirit of loving and serving one another with the assurance that comes of
Jesus’ resurrection
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This is what it means to be born again!
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