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Author: Kathy Horan In the darkest days of grief and loss when the risen Lord was no longer physically present to his disciples, they struggled to understand and make sense of all that had happened.
Their faith was shaken; they were fearful and at a loss as to how to move forward. It was not until they experienced the release of the Spirit at Pentecost that they could actually go out and do what Jesus did: spread the good news that Jesus lived on and called them forth. In the Acts of the Apostles, we read that the disciples gathered together, in unity of purpose, to remember all that Jesus had shared with them. They broke the bread and prayed together and then went out to minister to the poor and needy.
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Author: Kathy Horan ‘Let the little children come to me; Do not stop them; For it is to such as these that the Kingdom of God belongs.’
With these powerful, emotive and challenging words, Jesus announced quite clearly to his disciples his pastoral focus for building the Kingdom of God. In doing so, he clearly placed on the agenda God’s priorities for caring for the most vulnerable, the innocent, the hungry, those starved of affection and nourishment and those lacking the experience of any kind of tenderness and compassion. Jesus followed the words above with these: ‘And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.’ |
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