The pastor - like the former pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption - was a police officer.
Brand new babies are wonderful. When God says He is making things brand new, the world will be something wonderful.
Luke 18:31-34 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him and spit on him; they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.” The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
The days surrounding Easter are a roller coaster of emotion. This verse contains the low and high point of the Passion.
Jesus asks:
What do you want me to do for you? (Luke 18:41)
How I answer that question is of vital importance.
The Kingdom of God is God's rescue of each and every one of us. It is a brand new thing.
The pastor - years ago - was witnessing with teens in the tenderloin district of San Francisco and an old homeless man told the kids not to stop and pointed his finger at the pastor and says, "And you, you never stop preaching." And here he is.
God reveals truth to us from unlikely people in unlikely places.
At times, we are broken. At times, we are blind.
What should I ask Jesus to do for me? Make me brand new. It's fitting that communion follows and the transformation it brings - making me one with Christ and the People of God :)
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