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Fifth Sunday of Easter; 15 May 2022; Easter 5C (RCL); Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35.
This passage in John, like so many passages, seems to be full of non sequiturs. We jump from the mutual glorification of Father and Son, to Jesus’ address to his disciples, “Little children, I am with you only a little longer,” and his statement that they cannot come where he is going, to a new commandment. It seems like three unrelated sayings.
Continue reading “Little children”19 May 2019
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Easter 5C (RCL)
Acts 11:1-18
Psalm 148
Revelation 21:1-6
John 13:31-35
I think we are a little surprised to hear Jesus say, “Where I am going, you cannot come.” Just a chapter further on, he will say, “In my father’s house are many dwelling places (rest stops). If it were not so, I would not have told you that I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where I am going, you know the way.” Continue reading “Yet a little while”