CẢM NGHIỆM SỐNG LC - CHRISTOPHER

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    Mo Nguyen
                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                         SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER -YEAR C

                                                                                               22 MAY 2022

                                                                                   BREAKING OPEN THE WORD

     

                                                                           CHRIST OUR LIGHT(John 14: 23 – 29)

     

    ‘If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and the Father will love him.’ Put like that it sounds so simple and yet in the life of the early Church one of the burning issues was what it meant to keep Jesus’ word. For Jewish Christians being faithful to Jesus entailed keeping the Law of Moses and requiring Gentile Christians to do the same. The Acts of the Apostles describes how Jewish Christians who came from Judea to Antioch were firmly convinced that keeping the law was the principal way that a person could love Jesus.

    The response of the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, after heated debate and lengthy consideration, was to propose a compromise that was hoped would enable both Jewish and Gentile Christians to live in peace with one another and to partake in table companionship.

    The life of the early Church was by no means without conflict, misunderstanding, or difficulties. Like us, they had to work hard to see the signs of the times and to discern what it was that the Lord was asking of them. In the midst of all this Jesus’ promise of the Spirit and of his peace is no small comfort. Jesus is with us, there is no reason to let our hearts be troubled or afraid. John’s vision of the heavenly Jerusalem is meant to give us heart knowing that the goal of our journey is in sight. With Christ as our light there is no need to fear.

    CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP

     

                       Christ be our light. Lyric video (StF 706):

              Christ be our light. Lyric video (StF 706) - Bing video

     

                    Cầu Xin Chúa Thánh Thần - Lm. Nguyễn Sang:

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