Comments on: Will the real Messiah please stand up?

By: Laura Kazlas

Laura Kazlas — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 17:27:42 +0000

In reply to Teresa. Hi Teresa. Doctor Carolyn is on vacation in Rome until after Palm Sunday and Dan McFeely is on a Lenten retreat. They will return soon.

By: John Villalobos

John Villalobos — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 14:13:26 +0000

Your reflection brought to mind the words of Mother Theresa, “Jesus in disguise ” is always amongst us.

By: Bob Burford

Bob Burford — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:28:56 +0000

I remember the game show. Good analogy. Jesus was and is a puzzle to many. How can the pieces all fit together in my life and yours. As we run the race of life on our journey to our real home in heaven, Jesus works in us to fit those pieces together. Blessing! Good reflection.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 11:57:07 +0000

Hey Julie,

You bring up a good point.

Today we are blessed to know the whole story, we have the answers. We place ourselves with Jesus during Biblical times and we, of course, would be the best disciples He ever had. But if we stop and think for a moment, what seems so obvious to us now wouldn’t have been so back then.

We would have been born and raised Jewish, maybe becoming a devout Jew. Our whole life would have revolved around our religion. So, the vision of the Messiah that we had been taught wouldn’t have been a carpenter’s son, especially one that is rocking the foundation of the religion of God’s chosen people.

We would have been so sure who the Messiah would have been, I bet the majority of us would have picked Barabbas over Jesus, to tell the truth.

Mark

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 11:53:57 +0000

What has happened to Daniel McFreely and Carolyn Berguis. I really miss their reflections.

By: Bern

Bern — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 04:48:24 +0000

Nice reflections. Thank you Sis. Julie.

This is a situation of the so called ” Harsh & Rush Judgement”.
Should this happen to Christ in his time, we do so today. Either we are the victim or we the one doing it.

Sometimes we do judgment right away, without really knowing, or some of the time we judge people especially those who are less fortunate, sinners, or even our friends, without really knowing the why and the how.

Should the pharisees, are open minded and take a look where really Jesus came from, they would really know that He is from Joseph’s place, Bethlehem. By the, then would really know that He is the Messiah.

God bless!