in deafening anonymity. they become part of an urban landscape, which is more and more taken for granted in our eyes and especially in our hearts. knowing that jesus still walks our street that he is vitally a part of the lives of the people that he is involved with us in one vast historical salvation filled us with hope. a hope which liberates us from the forces pushing us to isolation and lack of concern for the lives of others, for the
life can be our life. tells us how many people came up to ask, master, what can we do? the first thing that jesus does in response is to propose, to encourage, to motivate. he keeps telling his disciples to go, to go out. he urges them to go out and others where they really are. not where we think they should be. to go out again and again. to go out without fear, without hesitation, and go out and proclaim the joy which is for
lives with us amid the smog of our cities? how do we encounter jesus alive and at work in the daily life of our multi-cultural cities? the prophet isiah can guide us in this process of learning to see. he presents jesus to us as a light, and now he presents to us jesus as a wonderful counselor. the mighty god, the everlasting father, the prince of peace. in this way he introduces us to the light of the sun so that his
all the people. the mighty god. in jesus, god himself became emmanuel. god is with us. the god who walks along side us who gets involved in our lives, in our homes, in the midst of our pots and pans as st. theresa of jesus liked to say. the everlasting father. no one or anything can separate us from his love. go out and proclaim. go out and show that god is in the midst as a merciful father who himself goes out morning and