
Sharing the Word for January 15, 2021
God’s promise of rest is still in force for those who accept it in faith. Rest involves fulfillment that comes after effort has ended.
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God’s promise of rest is still in force for those who accept it in faith. Rest involves fulfillment that comes after effort has ended.

Whatever we hear, but also whatever we see, taste, touch, or smell, vibrates deep down with God’s song

God offers his help to we journeying Christians of today. And he expects us to respond to it today.

This week we hear about the first disciples who decided to follow Jesus.

God worked through the descendants of Abraham–not through angels–to bring about forgiveness for the sins of the people.

A deficiency of it shows itself in more subtle ways: discouragement, putting our trust in everything but God, or focusing too much on the negative in the world.

Through his suffering Jesus united humanity to himself, bringing us all into a single brotherhood in the Lord.

I believe—I choose and keep choosing to believe—that God wants us to be one and will help us on that path.

My kids have recently discovered the classic rock radio station here in Chicago. Since I was their age in the late ’70s and early’80s, it has been fun for me to watch them discover some of the musicians and groups from my youth. While I was growing up, I loved listening to Journey, Billy Joel, and (though I don’t like to admit it much now) Air Supply.

Ordinary Time walks us through the public life of Jesus in the Gospel readings and gives us samples of other parts of Scripture in the First Readings.