Getting Ready for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 20, 2008

Be sure to visit Daniel B. Clendinen's Journey with Jesus as you prepare for this coming Sunday's lectionary readings. His commentary on the Sunday Gospel is especially helpful. It begins with this paragraph:

In our politically-correct culture, few opinions generate more hostility than ones like the words of Jesus from this week's readings: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John
14:6). Or consider Peter's words: "There is no other name [than Jesus] under heaven given to men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). Truly, Jesus is a stone that causes us to stumble and a rock of offense (1 Peter 2:8).

Interested? Read the rest of his essay!

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