FIVE  UNDERSTANDINGS

 
The title of my homily is, “Five Understandings.”
 
Today’s gospel has Jesus asking a question two times: “Do You Understand.”
 
If we read the gospels with the question: “Do you understand?” – we are connecting to this desire of Jesus to be understood.
 
We who preach have the same desire: to be understood.
 
We certainly hear Jesus’ frustration – The disciples don’t seem to get it – They seem to have eyes that don’t see – and ears that don’t hear.
 
The disciples don’t get Jesus enough. The disciples don’t learn.   The same thing keeps happening.  They are eating up the Pharisees behavior and their leven is levening them. Jesus wants his bread – his way of doing life – to get into the disciples.
 
Understanding can be a slow process.

I like lists – so my homework for this homily is: Come up with 5 understandings Jesus want us to get.

Here’s my 5.  Tomorrow I’ll probably have others.

If we make lists, we can come up with a few understandings.

First: There is richness and poverty – but not everyone has the same ones.

Second: There is good Leven and bad Leven.   Beware of the Leven of the Pharisees and Herod. That’s bad Leven.

Third: There is a God. God is our Father and Jesus will teach us about him.

Fourth: There are temptations in life and they can destroy us and others – and we better not  blame them on anyone but yourself.

Fifth: See the birds of the air, trees, flowers, water, bread, mountains and fish.