Fourth Sunday of Easter – Year C
May 11, 2025
Gospel Lectionary Text
John 10:22-30
10:22 At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
10:23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
10:24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly."
10:25 Jesus answered, "I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name testify to me;
10:26 but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep.
10:27 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.
10:28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
10:29 What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father's hand.
10:30 The Father and I are one."
Context
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Question
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Reflections
How Long?
By Gideon Ochieng |
I do not like winters. My first ever taste of winter was when I went mountain climbing. I did not anticipate how much I would suffer from fatigue, high altitude exhaustion and unbearable cold and wetness. I remember daydreaming about my bed and appreciating the warmth back home that I sometimes took for granted.
“Member-ing”
By Lina Thompson |
Membering one’s self back to the Body is needed in order to experience the fullness of what it means to function in the same manner that God intended for the Church. When done well, membering helps to foster the kind of culture or environment in which belonging can take place.
Praying Eucharistically - Weekly Homily by James Alison:
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Understanding the Bible anew through the Mimetic Theory of René Girard.
Poetry
Excerpt from A Love Supreme:
John Coltrane’s signature album is called A Love Supreme. The fourth and final movement of the album is called Psalm. It is generally understood that Instead of playing notes on sheet music, John Coltrane played the ‘words’ of the poem he wrote, included in the original liner notes. Apparently, he put the handwritten poem on the music stand in front of him, and ‘played’ it, as if it were music.Here are the final lines of his poem. A Love Supreme, which is all about the unity and oneness of God.
by John Coltrane
God breathes through us so completely...so gently we hardly feel it... yet, it is our everything.
Thank you God.
ELATION--ELEGANCE--EXALTATION--All from God.
Thank you God. Amen.
Prayer
(inhale) Christ in me
(exhale) Me in Christ
(inhale) Christ in all
(exhale) All is well
(inhale) Christ in me
(exhale) Me in Christ
(inhale) Christ in all
(exhale) All is one
(inhale) Christ in me
(exhale) Me in Christ
(inhale) Christ in all
(exhale) All is Christ
(inhale) All is Christ
(exhale) All is One
(inhale) All is well
(exhale) In Christ
