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Thought for the week:
Stay or Go! Matthew 28 16-20
In most bibles, today’s gospel reading has the subheading, ‘The Great Commission’.
This heading tempts us into thinking that we already know what this scene is about.
This scene is Jesus’ sole resurrection appearance to the 11 disciples in Matthew’s
gospel. His appearance is met with awe, wonder, confusion and doubt. When they
saw Jesus, some worshipped while others doubted. Life had crumbled around them
as Jesus was arrested and crucified, they must have questioned everything they
thought they knew. Sounds familiar.
In that moment the mystery of God as Trinity is disclosed, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit is God. The disciples discover that they needed to flip their understanding of
what it means to be a follower of Jesus on its head. As the one who said, ‘follow me’,
now promises to be with them, eternally, as they go. That is, all of them, despite
their doubting or their wavering, including us today- so let’s go!
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Holy God,
faithful and unchanging:
enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth,
and draw us more deeply into the mystery of your love,
that we may truly worship you,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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