Praise be Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen
Today we celebrate the “Word
of God Sunday.”
As a deacon, my ministry is to proclaim the to the world. I am to preach the word of God. It is not to be changed. It is not to be interpreted into something that it is not.
When God sends you out
into the world, do as God says. The word of the LORD came to Jonah,
saying: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce the message
that I will tell you.”
Jonah ran away; but, that didn’t go quite as Jonah expected. God wants his word, the Good News to be heard.
His word was important
enough that he sent his word incarnate to be among us. He sent his word
may flesh. And, Jesus came proclaiming the gospel of God.
For the Church, spreading
the gospel by fulfilling the words of God in this world is the greatest of
actions.
Jesus said, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” It starts with the mass. The
word of God is strengthened by prayer. The word of God is brought to the
world by our actions.
This world emphasizes human words
so much. It has become the norm to ignore God's creation to use the individual choice of preferred gender
pronoun. If not then words are turned against the offender - intolerant, prejudiced, homophobe,
or another degrading and not necessarily true label.
The world makes up new words to put its message out there. Take the words recently used in a prayer before the US Congress; Amen and Awomen.
It was said this phrase was used to respect women; but, they disrespected God. Not the word; a human
word is just a jumble of letters that represents sounds, but the action of using those words in a prayer of praise and thanksgiving took the focus off God and put
on a prideful stunt.
Amen and Awoman were words
spoken by a minister of God. That is the problem.
This week with a new
administration in Washington DC, words and what they mean have been in the
news. But, here are the words that mean
more than any other words. These are words of God written by the finger of God.
- “I am the Lord thy God, you shall no other gods before Me.“
- “You shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.”
- “You shall not kill.”
- “You shall not commit adultery.”
- “You shall not steal.”
- “You shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”
- “You shall not covet thy neighbor’s wife or their goods.”
These words were spoken again here on earth by Incarnate Word of God Jesus Christ in a simpler way "love the Lord God
with all your heart and all your soul and all you mind. And love your neighbor
as yourself.”
Yet for those who deny Jesus
Christ and deny the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; these commandments
of God are just words to be changed and manipulated and used.
As sinners, we all fail to follow God’s word. To many, they are just words, an inconvenience; and they sin over and over again.
That is why the grace of Jesus’ final words must be remembered, “Father forgive them for they know
not what they do.”
We need to change our ways. We need to proclaim
the word of God so all can come to believe.
Time is running out.
Be good, be holy and preach
the gospel by the way you live your life and love one another.
Praise be Jesus Christ,
forever and ever. Amen.
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