Pentecost - A (May 28, 2023)

“Peace be with you”

John 20: 19-23

During the Last Supper, we learned from Jesus’ prayer that Jesus glorified God by accomplishing the work that God gave him to do.  He did that by making God known to the disciples.  (John 17: 1-4)

Now, to the disciples who are fearful and who had abandoned or denied Him, Jesus gives them peace and forgiveness through the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Thus, to know God is to know God’s forgiveness and peace.

Moreover, giving them the Holy Spirit, Jesus now entrusts his mission to his disciples, “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 

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Ascension of the Lord - A (May 21, 2023)

 

I Am With You

Matthew 28: 16-20

 

Before Jesus was born, the angel declared that the Savior is “Emmanuel, which means, God is with us.” 

 

Now, as Jesus ascends, he says, “I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

 

He is with us, always.  

 

 

6th Sunday of Easter - A (May 14, 2023)

“You and I”

John 14: 15-21

 

We continue to listen to Jesus’ words to his disciples during the Last Supper.

 

Last week, Jesus said, “I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

 

Today, he continues, “I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you.” 

 

God so loves us that in Jesus’ death and resurrection, God has brought us into this union of love between God the Father and God the Son.