{"id":37208,"date":"2013-02-20T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=37208"},"modified":"2013-02-20T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T15:19:20","slug":"the-sound-of-jesus-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/the-sound-of-jesus-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sound of Jesus Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KONICA<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve often wished that I could peek into the first century world to experience the sights and sounds of following Jesus. \u00a0Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love the gospels but I wish that one of the writers had composed their narrative with all of the descriptions of a novel. \u00a0As it stands we get more of a linear progression through events, rather than an insight into the moments that surrounded Jesus\u2019s life and ministry. \u00a0But still I wonder…<\/p>\n

What was it like to be in the crowds? What were they whispering about Jesus when he taught?<\/p>\n

What did the surge of people look\/feel like when they tried to throw Jesus off the cliff?<\/p>\n

What was the expression on Jesus\u2019s face as he overturned the tables in the temple? \u00a0Was there rage is his eyes or was he fighting back tears?<\/p>\n

Earlier this week I got a little insight as I had the privilege of standing in the back of the room as our parish priest, Fr. Wade, explained adoration of the blessed sacrament to a group of second to fifth graders. \u00a0He was decked out in all of his vestments. \u00a0He walked around the room showing the kids an empty monstrance and explaining the why and how of adoration.<\/p>\n

After ten minutes or so, he said, \u201cNow, I\u2019m going to go get Jesus and we\u2019re going to spend a few minutes with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Father walked out of the room, it erupted in whispering and anticipation. Standing in the back, I saw kids wide-eyed, turning to their friends in disbelief. \u201cCan you believe it\u201d their faces seemed to say, \u201cJesus is coming in here!\u201d \u00a0The room was electric with wonder.<\/p>\n

I thought of all those who came to follow Jesus, having heard of the miracles he\u2019d performed. \u00a0They must have had the same look on their faces as they waited for him to do another.<\/p>\n

What if we were all filled with the same childlike expectation when we entered Mass? \u00a0What if we were filled with the same excitement to witness the miracle of God making bread and wine the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus?<\/p>\n

In this cynical age, it\u2019s hard to bring wonder out in anyone. \u00a0But if anyone can do it, Jesus can, and that might be another miracle worth beholding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve often wished that I could peek into the first century world to experience the sights and sounds of following Jesus. \u00a0Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love the gospels but I wish that one of the writers had composed their narrative with all of the descriptions of a novel. \u00a0As it stands we get more… [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,4,90],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-acnm","7":"category-blog","8":"category-faith-blog","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":393584,"url":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/where-is-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":37208,"position":0},"title":"Where Is Jesus?","author":"Adam Shaivitz","date":"April 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A mother and father bring their small child to a shopping mall on an extremely busy day. 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