Exodus 32:7-14John 5:31-47
Here is a few words form Emily Dickinson
"The love a life can show below
Is just a filament I know…"
A filament is that wire in a light bulb that when electric current passes through it begins to shine bright and give off warmth and light to the surroundings.
Jesus tells us in today's gospel, as he speaks to the Jews, that John the baptist was a "burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light."
What a beautiful description not just for John the baptist but for all of us.
We are all filaments. The surge of the Holy SPirit bestowed upon us at Baptism and invigorated and stirred to life in the Sacraments of the church pulse through us an electric current wanting to light us up for the world around us.
"The love a life can show below
Is just a filament I know…"
The only think that keeps us from being that burning and bright lamp is our own hesitancy to "come to Jesus so that we might have life."
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