Jesus, like any of us, was a searcher. He searched for an answer to questions about life and reality. He looked for basic answers, such as relating one’s service to God and people in circumstances of conflict experienced by others. Jesus realized this quest through reflection and prayer, and at the same time, sharing his preoccupations and questions with his friends. To pursue one’s own vocation is an individual process. Our brothers and sisters and the community help in our discernment, and their solidarity is the source of our strength that helps us undertake decisions that God expects of us by being part of this reality. Jesus’ manner of expressing himself, as the gospel has shown us, gives us a picture of a man who was amiable and witty. A man never wanting in anecdotes and stories to tell, jokes and other puns to share.
People of the ancient times as well as today gave a lot of importance to dreams. It is the belief that dreams enable people to get in touch with God, and by way of dreams one can look into the future. In Israel, certain dreams were given special meanings. Some of these dreams even figure in the Scriptures, as well as in the Old and the New Testaments, as revealers of the future or God’s plans for his people (Gen 27:5-10; Dan 7:1-28; Mt 1:18-25). Short of superstition, these beliefs lead us to a profound truth: God is near us in our wakeful moments or in our dreams, by way of our psychological make-up and the complexities of our mind. A believer ought to discover Him by way of any of these experiences.
Jesus’ dream, as told to John and Andrew, captures one of the most beautiful messianic prophecies of Isaiah (42:1-4), where the prophet describes the Messiah as a harbinger of the infinite patience and mercy of God, a just but not intolerant man, a fighter but not a subduer.
People of the ancient times as well as today gave a lot of importance to dreams. It is the belief that dreams enable people to get in touch with God, and by way of dreams one can look into the future. In Israel, certain dreams were given special meanings. Some of these dreams even figure in the Scriptures, as well as in the Old and the New Testaments, as revealers of the future or God’s plans for his people (Gen 27:5-10; Dan 7:1-28; Mt 1:18-25). Short of superstition, these beliefs lead us to a profound truth: God is near us in our wakeful moments or in our dreams, by way of our psychological make-up and the complexities of our mind. A believer ought to discover Him by way of any of these experiences.
Jesus’ dream, as told to John and Andrew, captures one of the most beautiful messianic prophecies of Isaiah (42:1-4), where the prophet describes the Messiah as a harbinger of the infinite patience and mercy of God, a just but not intolerant man, a fighter but not a subduer.
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