Do you like stories about
ghosts? I really don’t like scary ghost stories, but when I was a young boy, we
watched a cartoon show called Casper the Friendly Ghost. Did you know that over
75 years that there were five different TV shows about Casper? There were also
comic books and movies. And I still remember the opening lines to the theme
song: Casper the friendly ghost, the friendliest ghost I know. …
Well, people did and still do
believe that ghosts real. That’s why in our Gospel today, Jesus told his
disciples to see his flesh and bones because they were afraid that they were
seeing a ghost.
He then asked the for
something to eat not because he was hungry, but because he wanted to show them
that he was not a ghost. Ghosts can’t eat, but people can.
There is only one Ghost we
know that exists. This is the Holy Ghost or the Holy Spirit. Do you know where
you can find the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is here with
us now in all the people praying together. The Holy Spirit is in our Word when we
hear it read and when we talk about God’s Word. The Holy Spirit is here when we
receive God’s grace through the Lord’s Supper. Do you know where else the Holy
Spirit is? The Holy Spirit is in your heart, and God has poured His love into
your heart through the Holy Spirit. That should make you feel very holy.
With that, let us pray. Heavenly
Father, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and earth is named: Bless these and
all children, and give their parents the spirit of wisdom and love, so that the
homes in which they grow up may be to them an image of Your Kingdom, and the
care of their parents a likeness of Your love. We pray in the Name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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