Commentary
To Know God
(Today, most dioceses celebrate
the Ascension of the Lord. In a few
places, however, today is the 7th Sunday of Easter.
I have chosen the Gospel for the 6th
Sunday of Easter for this reflection.)
In the
Gospel passage, Jesus continues his Last Supper with the disciples. Now he prays to the Father for his disciples,
“This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the
one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”
“The
word for "know" is ginosko, which means intimate, even
mystical, knowledge.” [1] Think of how intimately Jesus knows the Father.
To know
God and to make God know – that is one way of expressing the purpose of the
Christian life.
As we ponder
Jesus’ prayer for us, it’s time for us to evaluate our prayer life, which is a way
we can deepen our knowledge of God.
While we
can never know God fully, without some knowledge of God, we cannot carry out
Jesus’ commission, “Go and make disciples of all nations.”
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source: www.agnusday.org
[1] John Petty. www.progressiveinvolvement.org
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