ATTACHMENT ... ATTUNEMENT ... AT-ONE-MENT
[BREAKING THE BREAD OF GOD’S WORD] 5 th Sunday of Easter B May 3, 2015 ATTACHMENT … ATTUNEMENT … AT-ONE-MENT Attachment is a good word to begin our reflection for today. John, the “beloved” disciple uses two endearing terms in his letter, and the first word he used is “children.” He is not just connected in some vague, hazy fashion. He is attached to those he cared for, like the now proverbial fox who told the little prince: “You are responsible for whom you tame!” But he uses a more important word … “beloved,” beloved of God, that is. Right now, I have four dogs, three of which I have adopted: one was given and two were kind of “inherited.” Now even dogs instinctively seem to develop some kind of “connection” with those who take care of them. They become sort of “attached” to their master, and one of them, instinctively again, seems to be attuned to my ways, my habits, my schedule. He even knows better to rouse me a few mi...