Thursday, May 20, 2010

Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter


Once in a while someone will hand you a photograph and you recognize yourself. But it’s not the image you have of yourself; and in a startled flash you see yourself as others see you.
Perhaps you had that experience as you read this third paragraph from John 17, Jesus’ prayer.
Father, they are your gift to me.
I wish that where I am they also may be with me,
that they may see my glory that you gave me,

You are a gift from God the Father to God the Son. He has accepted this gift for its own worth and because he loves His Father so much. You are a gift Jesus will always treasure and will never lose. He is delighted to receive such a gift; it is worth everything to him.

In this seventeenth chapter we overhear the conversation between Jesus and his Father; we cannot help but be elated to know how intensely they treasure us.  

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I love to write. This blog helps me to meditate on the Word of God, and I hope to make some contribution to our contemplations of God's Mighty Works.

Ordinarily, I write these reflections two or three weeks in advance of their publication. I do not intend to comment on current events.

I understand many people prefer gender-neutral references to "God." I don't disagree with them but find that language impersonal, unappealing and tasteless. When I refer to "God" I think of the One whom Jesus called "Abba" and "Father", and I would not attempt to improve on Jesus' language.

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