A Christmas Wishlist from Jesus – A Sermon
If Jesus had a choice as to which present He received at His birth would he have chosen Gold, Frankinsence and Myrrh?
If Jesus had a choice as to which present He received at His birth would he have chosen Gold, Frankinsence and Myrrh?
Our wounded Lord calls us to tend the wounds of others and we cannot, we dare not, betray them for the sake of Him who was betrayed by His own followers.
The Bible must be at the heart of our faith however we must remember that its purpose is to point us towards God and not be an end in itself.
If we reduce our faith to a matter of which coins belong to which part of our life we run the risk of separating our life into sacred and secular. We are called to be a holy people every moment of our lives not only on Sundays.
In a world torn asunder and being destroyed by greed and the seeking after status at the expense of those we would demean the only antidote we have is generosity
To live ‘Sine Proprio’ without possessions is about more than the ‘stuff’ withe which we surround our lives. It is a call to ‘Let Go and Let God’. Only as we do this can life be re-born.
The gift the Canaanite Woman brings is reminding us we have nothing to give that we have not received so we have no cause to deny help to anyone.
If we hold on to what we have we find we are holding on to emptiness….
But if we let go of our emptiness God works miracles!
God works best and God’s love is shown at its best when God has nothing at all to with which to work.
Jesus’ parables reminds us that God is indeed ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’.
There is no place too small or insignificant to be home to God’s reign.
Neither is there anywhere where the influence of the Gospel of love and inclusion cannot spread.
The Kingdom of Heaven is a place where people who seek truth and love will find great treasure.
God calls us by name, casts away our fears and watches over us, that we may tell others that God is calling their name as well.