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The act of oblation that is suggested for use during the season of Pentecost reminds us of gift of the Spirit to the apostles which empowered them to communicate the gospel of Jesus in various languages. It is the reversal of what took place in the story of the tower of Babel. In that incident language was confused and people were not able to understand one another and were driven apart. God and Humanity
On Pentecost God reverses that movement and men who speak in their own native tongue are understood by people who speak a variety of languages. God, by the power of the Spirit, is drawing us back to Himself and to communion with one another. Jesus came that we might be ONE, one with God and one with one another. The disciples of Jesus continue His mission. As we pray this act of oblation we ask to join ourselves to
the offering of Jesus and we ask for the grace we need to be a part of
the development of new relationships.
We ask to be able to do this by what we say and by the way we
live. We pray that we might
be a part of the answer to Jesus’ prayer “that they be one.”
We ask for the grace and we commit ourselves to the building up
the new humanity, to the restoration of the bonds of love that unite the
human family to God and that unite people to one another throughout the
earth. Deeper Communion with God That
prayer cannot remain only on our lips. We must live differently as well.
We This prayer also calls us to move out to our brothers and sisters. However, in order to be able to bring others together, to be one, I must be reconciled with my brothers and sisters myself. As Jesus said: “if your brother (your sister) has anything against you, go be reconciled first….” We are called to take the initiative, to take the first step on the path of reconciliation. Then in my family, among my friends,
where I work or minister, God calls me to do what I can to repair
fractured relationships, to help build bridges between people rather
than set up walls that divide and separate us from one another.
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unity which existed between God and humankind and among people had been
steadily eroded by sin.
need to take time to let God draw us into deeper communion with God,
to become more intentionally aware that each of us is precious to God
and to let ourselves be held in God’s love.
