He is...We Are To Be: The Gate - John 10:1-10
Three friends die in a car crash, and they find themselves at the gates of heaven. Before entering, they are each asked a question by St. Peter himself, “When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning, when they look down, what would you like to hear them say about you?” The first guy says, “I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor and a great family man.” The second guy says, “I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and schoolteacher.” The last guy replies, “I would like to hear them say…LOOK!!! HE’S MOVING!!!” Today, after last week’s wonderful service by the laity, we return to our series on the “I Am” statements of Jesus. We need to remember just how controversial these statements were to those who heard Jesus speak them. To understand this, we have reflected on the fact that when God appeared to Moses in the burning bush and sent Moses to bring the Hebrew people out of slavery in Egypt, Moses asked, “When the people ...