Tuesday, March 06, 2007
From AscensionNYC
Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent
Psalm 50:7-15,22-24
Isaiah 1:2-4,16-20
Matthew 23:1-12
A common thread for me in all three readings for today — from Isaiah, Psalms and Matthew — is fatherhood. The progression I see in this sense of fatherhood is from righteous anger (Sons I have reared and brought up, but they have rebelled againstme
I was especially struck by the use of upper case and lower case in the word father. It is an important distinction. I dearly love my father. At age 97 he is and has always been a role model for me. He has truly illustrated to me that I am his beloved son with whom he is well pleased, no matter what I have done over my 60 years. It is through such role models that we learn how powerful and amazing the love of God is. In the context of Matthew verses 1-12 I think I know what the Gospel writer means. God is our Father, the Father of all, as we are all His children in God's love. I have always loved the tender way that Christ called his Father "Abba," akin to "Daddy." This is how I refer to my earthly father and that relationship allows me to begin to understand Christ's relationship to God, and in turn our relationship as Children of God to our heavenly Father.
Thanks be to God!
Isaiah 1:2-4,16-20
Matthew 23:1-12
A common thread for me in all three readings for today — from Isaiah, Psalms and Matthew — is fatherhood. The progression I see in this sense of fatherhood is from righteous anger (Sons I have reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against
I was especially struck by the use of upper case and lower case in the word father. It is an important distinction. I dearly love my father. At age 97 he is and has always been a role model for me. He has truly illustrated to me that I am his beloved son with whom he is well pleased, no matter what I have done over my 60 years. It is through such role models that we learn how powerful and amazing the love of God is. In the context of Matthew verses 1-12 I think I know what the Gospel writer means. God is our Father, the Father of all, as we are all His children in God's love. I have always loved the tender way that Christ called his Father "Abba," akin to "Daddy." This is how I refer to my earthly father and that relationship allows me to begin to understand Christ's relationship to God, and in turn our relationship as Children of God to our heavenly Father.
Thanks be to God!
David Lehmann
