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(a homily)

We are children. Children of God. Children of hope. Heirs. Adopted.

We are sons and daughters of the God who favors the widow, the orphan, the poor. The God who for the sake of the forsaken suffered on the cross. We, too then, are to be sufferers as joint heirs with Christ.

And Christ is the Word of God made flesh, present in the world to make the bent straight and show the straight their crooked spines. Christ releases those in bondage to flesh and makes them the Body of Christ, a community that does not forsake the physical, but works towards the redemption of all things by the Spirit.

This Spirit is among us. The Spirit of Truth. The Spirit that raised Christ from the dead. The Spirit that brings us life. The Spirit that will sanctify the bread and wine. The Spirit that makes us holy, that, should we be open, guides us in all we do, continuing the ministry of Christ in the world.

So, children, let us come before our Father, Abba, the God of salvation, of healing and reconciliation. We are called to join in the life of Christ, to be glad and rejoice, to celebrate our liberation, and to go forth as a sign of the Kingdom.

(Romans 8:12-17, Psalm 68, Luke 13:10-17)