The last rose of summer

Gospel for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary time.

Gospel Jn 6:41-51 The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven," and they said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, 'I have come down from heaven?'" Jesus answered and said to them, "Stop murmuring among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day. It is written in the prophets: They shall all be taught by God. Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."  The word of the Lord Thanks be to God. On Friday our yardman trimmed all the trees and bushes around our landscape. Friday night HH brought this to me.    "Honey here is the Last Rose of Summer. I saved it for you." He is such a sweet man.

Yes the last of our Knockout Roses.

They had given us such pleasure and now they are ready to rest up for the next growing season.

Just as we rest in the words of Jesus forever.

 

Jesus calling.

Sunday January 22, 2012

Holy Gospel Reading

 

Gospel, Mark 1:14-20

  After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the gospel from God saying,
'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the gospel.'
  As he was walking along by the Lake of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon's brother Andrew casting a net in the lake -- for they were fishermen.
  And Jesus said to them, 'Come after me and I will make you into fishers of people.'
  And at once they left their nets and followed him.
  Going on a little further, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending the nets.
  At once he called them and, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the men he employed, they went after him.

This is the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise be to God.

How wonderful to read of Jesus going about called his disciples to come be with Him as the kingdom of God was close at hand.

We are also called each day to follow Jesus as the kingdom of God is close at hand.

This does not mean the world is coming to an end. It means that we are offered constantly the chance to walk with Jesus and help to insure that all of us are ready to enter the kingdom.

No one knows the time or the place when one will be called home to receive our promised reward.

I want everyone I love and know to share that reward with me.

I pray that I may share His love with everyone I meet physically or in cyperspace.