Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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As Jesus wraps up the Farewell Discourse, he prays to God in confidence — secure in knowing this is how it goes.
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Praying in public is often treated like a natural part of evangelism, even if it is done with unnatural intention.
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Jesus continues preparing the disciples for his departure. With a dire warning of his own, and their coming persecution.
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Wrestling with the presence of the Spirit as Jesus describes her in this week’s gospel is a challenge we often avoid.
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This week’s gospel invites us to ask a deep question about faith and the Holy Spirit. What if she’s in us now?
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The struggle we have, entering into this particular gospel, is to recognize just how much context can reshape our vision of it.