<html><body>Part 2<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> A former brother in the order of St.
John the Evangelist put it, “</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020">God
is always being revealed and the revelation is never complete. The Spirit who
leads into all truth continually proceeds both from the divine nature in terms
of revelation and from the human nature in terms of reception. There is no end
to the process.” <sup>1 </sup>And, of course, the revelation of God doesn’t
always come with a marching band and a parade. The most common, the most simple,
the most innocuous looking incidents may signal God wanting to reach into our
communities. “Look around right now,” wrote another brother of the SSJE
Community. “Look around right now: notice divine love in the ordinary stuff of
life, in words and actions, your very breath and the stars above. God is with
us and within us.” <sup>2</sup> Once you see something, of course, you can’t
unsee it. You can push it way down deep into some area of your memory you
seldom use. But it’s there. God, however you and I see, God is still there,
ignoring the “I’m not worthy”, or “My house is a mess”, or “You wouldn’t want
to go there? I mean, <b><u>SERIOUSLY</u></b>,
God? Seriously!” God <b><u>DOES</u></b>
take things seriously. Jesus didn’t brush off the centurion’s comment. Jesus
took the man at his word. He certainly marvelled at the soldier’s faith. And
Jesus did precisely what the man had asked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020"> And I’ll bet Jesus never forgot what
the man said and did, not would the centurion forget what Jesus said and did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fr. Isaac Poobalan has interesting
neighbours. He is the rector of St.John’s Scottish Episcopal Church in Aberdeen
and his congregation shares land with a Mosque. He talked about not being able
to unsee God.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"One
day,” as he said to a reporter, “when I was walking past the mosque, I found 20
or 30 people outside on the ground around the pavements with their hands and
feet exposed. You could see their breath. When I spoke to people at (my congregation)
about the situation, someone actually said to me this was not our problem, but
I had seen it with my own eyes, so it was a problem." <sup>3</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020"> Can you imagine a Jew in Israel
building an Arab mosque? … Or a Palestinian building a Jewish synagogue? Or a
Hindu building a temple in Pakistan? These are questions posed by a Seattle
pastor. <sup>4</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020"> But we respond to God – whether we
see God or another member of creation. Now, the Muslims in Aberdeen meet in St.
John’s for several prayer services every Friday. “</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">St John's Church also
opens its doors to people from a local mental health hospital every Wednesday.
Poobalan said some members of his congregation were reluctant to accept those
with mental health problems into the church, and later hesitant to accept
Muslim worshippers, but they were learning to ‘transcend’ such instincts.” <sup>5</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020"> It’s compassion that brings healing:
the compassion of the centurion, the compassion of the local men and women, the
compassion of Jesus. Each had faith. They trusted in God. But, equally
importantly, they trusted in one another.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020"> And us? As we see the Bread, as we
see the Cup, it might not hurt; it might actually help, to say, “Lord, I am not
worthy to have you come under my roof. Simply say the word and I shall be
healed.” And maybe add, “Come, Lord Jesus. Come!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020"> And who may come to <b><u>US</u></b> today?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NOTES:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <i>“Revelation”,</i>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#202020">Herbert Slade, SSJE
(1912-1999) <a href="http://ssje.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=344ed142b391b2b520df4080c&id=39d0d3a406&e=d3bff814a3" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Society of Saint John the
Evangelist</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <i>“Blessing”,</i> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#202020">Br. Luke Ditewig <a href="http://ssje.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=344ed142b391b2b520df4080c&id=81fd86e45f&e=d3bff814a3" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2BAADF">Society of Saint John the
Evangelist</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#767676;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> <i>“</i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiFldGz9vXMAhVL92MKHaaTAv0QFggcMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fuk%2F2013%2Fmar%2F18%2Faberdeen-muslims-christians-share-church&usg=AFQjCNE-eSKSEETVZCLzuPgga5-sR_uhNQ&bvm=bv.122676328,d.cGc"><span style="color:#660099">Aberdeen church opens doors to Muslims” | UK news | The
Guardian</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">by
Tasmin Rutter, Monday 18 March 2013 </span><cite><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006621;font-style:normal">www.theguardian.com
› World › UK News › Aberdeen</span></cite><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; border: none; padding: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Edward F. Markquart <i>“Sermons
from Seattle”</i> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(textweek.com),
quoyed by Suzanne Guthrie, “<i>At the Edge
of the Enclosure - SoulWork Towards Sunday: Liturgical Year as Mystical Journey”</i>
Proper 4 c May 29, 2016 “Only Say The Word” <a href="http://www.edgeofenclosure.org/proper4c.html">http://www.edgeofenclosure.org/proper4c.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Tasmin
Rutter, Op. Cit.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>