Jesus' kingly reign is of God, not of man
The Peace Pulpit: We cannot think of Jesus in terms of what we ordinarily think of as king, ruler or someone who is dominant. His was the Reign of God.
The Peace Pulpit
The Peace Pulpit is made up of the Sunday homilies of Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, a retired Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit.
We know not the hour of Jesus' return, so we must be ready
The Peace Pulpit: There's a vision of the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. This is not a prediction -- it's a proclamation of hope.
Scriptures give us extraordinary examples of generosity
This morning’s Scriptures give us some extraordinary examples of generosity and sharing of goods. Both the first lesson and the Gospel lesson give us the example of the poor, even the poorest of the poor, sharing everything they have. That widow from Zarepheth who is encountered by Elijah asking her for food tells him, “This is all I have, the last cup of flour and this little bit of oil. When I bake the bread and my son and I eat it, we will die.”
We must always remember God's most important commandments
The Peace Pulpit: We experience the love of God when we understand that we would not exist if God did not love us and sustain us every instant of our existence
The way of Jesus: rejecting power, wealth, violence and war
The Peace Pulpit: Fifty years ago, the United States faced the Cuban Missile Crisis. What do that and Jesus' words have in common?
Love should be our weapon, for Jesus is not a warrior king
The Peace Pulpit: We must enter into a deeper union with Jesus and try to be more like him in everything we are, everything we do, and become the servant of all out of love.
Everything we have is a gift from God, and all belongs to him
The Peace Pulpit: Does Jesus really expect us to give up everything to follow him? No, but he says all your excess belongs to those in need.
Love, giving ourselves to others are what make us whole
The Peace Pulpit: Humans not meant to be alone. But love -- giving all that we have -- can be an immensely hard (though rewarding) task.
Why should we stop those who work to bring the Reign of God?
The Peace Pulpit: Jesus was OK with those who were not among his inner circle preaching his word. Why shouldn't the same be true today?
To find Jesus, disciples must walk with the vulnerable
Once again, we have lessons that are intended to help us understand how to be a disciple of Jesus -- what it means to follow Jesus. To put this in context, it's good to remember from the last couple of Sundays what our scriptures have been teaching us. Last Sunday, you may remember, the first lesson was from the book of the prophet Isaiah. The prophet proclaims, "God has taught me, so I speak as God's disciple. I know how to sustain the weary. Morning after morning, God wakes me up to hear, to listen like a disciple."
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May 10-23, 2013
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