25th September 2022 Year C – Pentecost 16 “You Can’t Take it with You”
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Martha was so busy with the preparations of the meal for hosting Jesus, it was a huge chore for her.
While Mary was completely oblivious and just concentrated on what Jesus had to say.
Sometimes work just becomes a habit for us…even though we think we are showing Jesus’s Love.
The church is not about just work! It is about discerning the Love of God, to hear it and share it.
Following Jesus is not an easy choice. It may require us to make Jesus our ‘Top Priority’ and be willing to give up anything for God.
However it may not be an ‘either’ /’or’ choice but finding a balance in our commitment and making Jesus the foundation of all we are trying to do so we can say “Amen”.
What is revealed – who is this Jesus?
This story tells of God’s abundant Love embracing all human beings.
God fills the expectation far in abundant to the expected – “Grace upon grace”.
Jesus said, “Do you want to be made well?” Of course he did after being by the pool for 38 years!
When the time came he simply did as Jesus asked him … and was made well and was so happy.
The trouble was – it was healing on the Sabbath! The Jewish leaders were not happy!
Do we, in a moment of another’s moment of grace and joy, sometimes react negatively, like those leaders?
Interpretation – people interpret the same things in different ways.
Our brains can read all the words but our hearts need to also be involved in interpretation and action.
Christmas – the birth of Jesus was a promised fulfillment for the world.
Simeon’s promise was fulfilled when he was able to name ‘Jesus’.
The disciples come together praying. God comes and blows them away.
Turns them inside out and fills them with life.
The Pentecost story reverses what happened at Babel.
When the festival was over, they went back to their places of origin and took the God of Unity to others.