tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543613.post4351411817742023181..comments2023-09-11T20:50:37.709-04:00Comments on Heaven and Earth: You Baptized a What?"Fr. Paul" Bresnahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672884565443833633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543613.post-87120072144585515532012-12-14T10:51:50.338-05:002012-12-14T10:51:50.338-05:00Thank you Steve!Thank you Steve!"Fr. Paul" Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672884565443833633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543613.post-81687701802779517042012-12-13T14:28:47.897-05:002012-12-13T14:28:47.897-05:00"Too many have taken that to mean that we’ve ..."Too many have taken that to mean that we’ve got to get others to say the two syllables “JE-SUS” in order to be saved. This is a profound and often violent misunderstanding of those sacred words"<br />I wonder if we read Jesus' words here along with his words on the cross, "It is finished" or in more modern translations "It is accomplished we might begin to see this not as a directive to go out and make followers and insist on the confession of "Jesus" often at the point of a sword be it literal or figurative, we might not see the key point. God acted, end of story.<br />Steve Olsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543613.post-25996642329404941852012-07-11T10:20:52.861-04:002012-07-11T10:20:52.861-04:00Let me rephrase what I just said; It is of note th...Let me rephrase what I just said; It is of note that was was seen in the Levitical Code as deformity is seen by Jesus as a human being. (Period)"Fr. Paul" Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672884565443833633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543613.post-58892139149341844272012-06-29T19:58:34.793-04:002012-06-29T19:58:34.793-04:00It is of note that what was seen in the Levitical ...It is of note that what was seen in the Levitical Code as deformity, is seen by Jesus as a human being in need of the healing touch of humanity and of God. This is done with great courage, but above all, with love. There is a wonderful spontaneity and innocence in this Baptism that I find a marvel."Fr. Paul" Bresnahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672884565443833633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543613.post-84125585491138359882012-06-29T11:24:02.241-04:002012-06-29T11:24:02.241-04:00Luke's loud!comments in Acts regarding some ty...Luke's loud!comments in Acts regarding some type of male deformity (perhaps actual or psychological) was certainly shouted against Jewish segregation of people from worshiping God and the acceptance that God loved them. Perhaps Matthew and Mark were doing the same thing in the way they expressed what Jesus said. That it was OK with God if some men were different from the normal expectations of men in community.Steve Marlownoreply@blogger.com