Five meditations on today's gospel

[pmcleanj]

Who has the power to forgive sins: you (and other Christians), or the Pastor, or God? How does the forgiveness offered or proclaimed by each of these, differ?
When Jesus said “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”, what was he sending the disciples to do?
What are you sent to do?
Have you felt Jesus breathe on you? If so, when; and how were you empowered?
What can be said today to those who have doubts about Jesus?

[norbie]

to 1. the last in line would be the priest or pastor.
to 2. go and proclaim the Gospel to all mankind.
to 3. Go out and tell the world to accept Jesus as their personal savour
to 4. only in my team talks in Cursillos, I felt that Jesus is using me, talking through me. It was like a miracle: because English is not my mother tounge and some people don't understand me - my team members told me about this after. Everybody could understand every word.
to 5. I would use the words of ISAIHA, about the big wall of fog and people searching for the real God. And God hear them and send his Son to teach us, and through this teaching we will get to know the Father.
But I would also tell them to look at this world: what have mankind done who went their own way without acepting Jesus as the King. It is sad about the state of the planet. If we live with our own autonomie without Jesus as King - we are lost.