Weekly Inspiration (2/1/24)

“ In the Canon of Holy Scripture, we have four Gospels. There were also many unwritten Gospels about personal encounters with Jesus. The version which probably has greatest authority for you is the Gospel according to You. What has been revealed to you? What is the essence of Jesus’ work and words embodied within you? That Gospel is so important for you to hear, remember, and claim. It’s your vocation.”

Br. Curtis Almquist
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

by Steve Garnaas-Holmes

The spirit cried out, 
            “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? 
            Have you come to destroy us? 
            I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”
                                  —Mark 1.24

 Yes, he has.
 The forces of evil know
 Jesus is out for nothing less
 than a loving, healing assault 
 on the power of evil itself.
 Every healing by Jesus is a cosmic act,
 an insurrection against the Empire of fear and death.

 Jesus looks into you,
 hears the demons that steal your voice,
 and sees in you the universe
 and its longing for healing.
 And that is what he heals.
 He speaks to what is deep within,
 a word that is a bit
 of the mending of the world.