Jesus is God’s love made visible

Gospel: John 3: 16–18
God so loved the world…

The contemplative life is then the search for peace no I an abstract exclusion of all outside reality, not in a barren negative closing of the senses upon the world, but in the openness of love.

From Father William Bausch:
Let me put what I’m saying in the form of a story. After the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church’s pastor slowly stood up, walked to the pulpit, and before he gave his sermon briefly introduced a guest minister who was in the service that evening.

The Spirit of God is upon us

Gospel: John 20: 19–23
Receive the Holy Spirit

Jesus is always with us, helping us spread the good news of the kingdom

Gospel: Matthew 28: 16–20
And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age