We are not thinking alone

My Sunday Scripture 2010.5.23.


We are not thinking alone

In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, 'Peace be with you,'

and, after saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord,

and he said to them again, 'Peace be with you. 'As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.'

After saying this he breathed on them and said: Receive the Holy Spirit.

If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained.

John 20:19-23

My Reading Notes:

I think St Paul had put the question very straight:

"Live not by your natural inclinations, but by the Spirit, since the Spirit of God has made a home in you."(Romans 8:9)

by such proclamation, St.Paul had separated the flesh from the spirit.

The human spirit, aided by the Holy spirit, can have a better choice. Our natural inclination can always lead us astray, but the spirit could lead us to where we really wanted to go to.

And we can say, we are not thinking alone, but thinking together with the "whole".
With such a thought, we could be always in peace, and find our way.