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Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where you read the daily gospels and the saint of the day.
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Today is Wednesday, July 15th, and for the summer weeks, we have been doing the ABCs of our Catholic faith.
And since we finished that up, now we’re going to add the Catholic 1-2-3s.
Today is the number 2, two natures of Christ, fully God and fully man.
And the scripture to reflect on is Colossians 2, 9.
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells boldly.
When you hear the word mystery, are you like me and think of Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books?
And maybe you think of Sherlock Holmes.
Did you know that there are even mysteries in our Bible that we read every day?
The biggest mystery is the two natures of Christ.
He is fully God and fully man.
One of the greatest mysteries is that Jesus was both God and man.
Last year in my catechism class, I learned our nature is what we are.
We are human beings.
We can think, read, work, pray, love, and so much more.
Our person is who we are.
We have unique identity.
The way we live is our nature differs from one person to the next.
Jesus is two what’s, divine and human, and one who, the divine person of Christ.
He leaves both his human and his divine natures as one divine person at all times.
In his divine nature, he was God from before time began, uncreated, without beginning or end.
There was never a time when Christ became God.
He always was God and always was.
In his human nature, conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man.
Here are some examples in the Gospels.
You can see Jesus was both fully God and fully man.
Human moments is when he grew weary, wept, and felt hungry.
Divine moments, he walked on water, calmed storms, and forgave sins.
Our faith can be strengthened when we have better understanding of who he is.
Today we are covering the Apostles called by Jesus.
Today’s Saint of the Day is Saint John the Evangelist of Zebedee.
He is the patron saint of Asia Minor.
Out of the twelve apostles, Jesus chose three, Peter, James, and John, to be his most faithful companions.
John was the youngest of the twelve, but he and his brothers James had been following of John the Baptist.
But Jesus saw them one day helping their father mend fishnets.
He called to them, Come follow me, and from that time on they stayed close to him.
Jesus called them sons of thunder because they wished to call down from fire into the town they would not receive their master.
Jesus was pleased to see them so zealous for his honor.
At the Last Supper, John rested his head on the shoulder of Jesus.
He stayed with Jesus during his passing and death, especially to console Mary.
Jesus entrusted his own mother to his care.
John preached in Palestine for many years.
Later he was taken as a prisoner to Rome.
He was thrown into a pot of boiling oil, but God kept him from harm.
When he was ninety years old, he wrote his gospel to prove that Jesus was God and well as man.
His symbol is the edge because he soars above the things of the earth and speaks of the divine nature of Christ.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dear Jesus, thank you for who you are, fully God and fully man, and we believe in you.
And thank you that we have John, who wrote the gospel about you, for us to know who you truly are.
Saint John the Evangelist, pray for us.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
We’ll be back tomorrow, scattering more flowers.
See ya!