.....For Justice...take a minute to meditate today! MONDAY “As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, ‘Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him.” --Matthew 4:18-20 “There is something about that first time Jesus invited his disciples to follow him. For years, we understood this Gospel passage as a call to go make more Christians, to spread the Gospel message by converting people one by one. So people would go off into foreign lands and try to carry the message, try to baptize people, baptize whole nations if possible. But that really is not what Jesus was about. When he said, “The reign of God is at hand,” he was talking about something bigger than simply adding to the numbers of the Christian community. He was talking about changing this world so that it becomes a world that is really following the will of God. A world where there will be justice and peace and fullness of life for everyone. “So being called to be part of this community really means committing yourself to try to transform the world. Yes, of course, we invite people to join us, to be part of our community, but that’s not our primary task. Our primary goal, as Jesus says, is to transform our world so that it will become the reign of God.” -- Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:51:13 +0000
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