Lectio on the readings

Taking a shopping list when you go into a store is a good idea – it helps you find what you need and overlook the things that might otherwise buy on impulse. Approaching sacred text with your mind already bubbling with other thoughts is probably not such a good idea. You might find yourself finding ideas and images that really aren’t there or aren’t even an important part of the text. The topic of the PFLM class last weekend was Christology with a particular focus an effort to understand the human and divine nature of Jesus. With consideration of this topic still fresh on my mind, I read the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles which described Peter extending the good news of the gospel to gentiles. The lesson for me today is that the all that is required to share in the good news is that we be human. We don’t need to be Jewish first. In the absence of discrimination, all are invited to share our faith. We don’t need to be Semitic, Jewish, brown eyed or even mail. We just have to be human.