2012-05-06
Reflektion från Fr. Neary
Easter 5b May 5/6
Without some centre
of unity, groups disband or lose their way. A team which puts its eyes on money
rather than on teamwork will lose its way. A family which relies on anything
other than love to keep it together will fall apart. The church, the community of Jesus is
something similar.
Cornerstone
What keeps the
church together at its best is Jesus.
Human leadership, moral authority, ritual dogmatism, are not the centre
of the church. Leadership can fail, moral
authority can take wrong turnings and ritual dogmatism can override the
concerns of people,. The centre of the
church is Jesus Christ. Our unity with Jesus is the central bond of the church.
He is the cornerstone.
In situations
where we have been let down by the humanity of the church, like in the
situations of abuse, or cover-ups by church authority, we are kept going as Christians
by our unity with Jesus. He says the
same himself.
Light and Colour
The image of
roots and branches, of fruit and tree, all very much part of each other is what
Jesus uses. Other images like this might be the unity or light and colour in a
rainbow, or of source and water in a river. The unity Jesus asks for is the
closest we can imagine, and this is his commitment to the church.
We live in the
same home – he makes his home in use and we in him. This unity of energy is
also the unity of purpose which makes us bear much fruit as his followers.
Only if we can look on Jesus Christ as the
centre of faith and church life can church
life be sincere
and have the energy which will save and change our world.
May we dwell in you, Lord, as you dwell in us. Give
us your peace, your energy, your joy.
Donal Neary SJ.
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