Koinonia

          The other day the winner of the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee was announced.  He was 14 year old Karthik Nemmani of Texas, and the winning word was "koinonia".  So in the headlines this word was often shown, and explained, which provided for a bit of intellectual evangelization.  We congratulate Karthik for his knowledge of the word and his correct spelling.
     Koinonia is a Greek word that is used to describe the spiritual community of Christian believers.  It speaks of communion (union with), of fellowship and of unity.  It is used in Christian churches even today to describe the Church.
     Isn't it funny how a spelling bee can bring Christian fellowship to the attention of the public?  Unfortunately, we do not do enough in the lived expression of our daily walk with the Lord to make that word and the reality that it represents known to the general public.  But we will rejoice in this moment in the limelight.

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     I would like to share the third meditation on the 1st chapter of the 1st Letter of Saint Peter that I shared on WAOB recently.

     "Verses 22 through 25 bring this chapter to a close with reassuring words.  'Since you have purified yourselves by obedience to the truth for sincere mutual love, love one another intensely from a pure heart.  You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and abiding word of God.'

     We were born in love.  We are reborn in Christ Jesus in God's love.  The one love is beautiful and rich but imperfect.  But the new birth of Christians comes from Christ, the perfect love and imperishable seed that produces a new and lasting existence in those who accept the gospel and embrace the new covenant, accepting the duty and responsibility to love God and one another, as we have loved God.  This perfect love, the Word of God, Jesus Christ, remains with us forever.

     Let us bask in his love and accept our call to be one with him."