Sunday 18th December 2022 (’01) : 4th Sunday of Advent Cycle A
- ISAIAH 7: 10-14
- Read 7:1-8:22! Is ‘National Disaster’ inevitable? Or ‘Yahweh’s Retribution’?
Or the play of ‘PoliticalSelfInterest’?
Or ‘TheAssertionOfTranscendentFactors’?
- How do I discern TheWill-Of-Yahweh’ for my local church? Or for myself?
- In what situations does the leadership of TheIrishChristian Churches ask Yahweh for a sign, in the immanent ‘crisis’? Or, is this part of the ‘strategy’ at all?
- ‘Test/TemptYahweh!’ Why (&whence) was it prohibited to ‘testYahweh’?
- ‘Son!’ TheQueen giving-birth to a male heir symbolises Yahweh’s gracious favour towards the dynasty! Has my local church any comparable ‘sign-of-favour’?
2. THE PSALM 23:1-6
- Read 23(24): 1-10 ‘Yahweh-the-King’ Creator-of-All! Who-are-his-chohorts?
How will He Enter-His-Temple? & Where is all this in IrishSociety?
- Who are the favoured ‘OutRiders-of-Yahweh’ in my local church?
Is this excerpt’s fantasy, that they must all be men, still the norm in spite of everything?
- The self-reassured ’TempleAuthority’ in this excerpt, to what extent has it been recapitulated in TheChurches’ management of Difference&Dissent?
- Must the claim that ‘Yahweh-Owns-All be stringently contested?
3. ROM1:1-7
- Can I express the marrow of this excerpt in 30words of current English?
- ‘Apostle/SentOut!’. Is he ‘One-of-the-Twelve’? Or a sort of ‘Bishop’? Or just ‘Awake’?
- What is inhibiting me from expressing ‘MyTrueFaith’ by speeches&letters
Or did Paul have to get special permission to ‘minister’? (Read GAL1:1-2:21!)
- Have I discovered that ‘Belonging-to-JesusChrist is ‘goodnews’ in any way?
- Could ‘TheRomanChurch’ learn from us, as it presumably learned from Paul?
4. MT1:18-24 (And v25?)
- Read1:1-25! What if TheGeneology is as significant as TheBirthStory?
- ‘ThroughTheHolySpirit!’. In what aspects of Jesus’Unfolding, in its complexity, was ‘TheHolyBreath’ active? Which OTNaratives&Psalms give a clue to this?
- What if ‘TheHolyBreath’is significantly involved in TheEmergence of each child?
- Did Joseph know of ‘TheBreath’ both before&during&after that dream
&Was he more concerned about ThePregnancy, or ThePresence of ‘TheHolyBreath’?
- What are The7Ways in which the storyteller explores Jesus’ complex origins?
5. The presence&action of the BlessedOne, is it like this?
THE CHILD HIS SHOUTS-OF-REALISATION!
Yes, TheMother! Attended with love TheWhisperer!
Yes, TheAngel!’ Weaver sweet&bitter
Yes,TheFather! Gathered the threads-of knowing!
Yes, TheFriendship! Mix&melt&mould!
Yes, TheDreamer! Arrowing beyong the moment
Yes, TheFamily! Dance of many&one
Yes, TheEagle! Carried us there&back!
Yes, TheBreath! Before&during&always
6. RIDDLE Jesus, whoseSon-for-Now?
TheQueen’s?Yahweh’s?
God’s? Joseph’s? TheHolyBreath’s?
Refections and comments can be emailed to adbi@chokmah.ie