Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.
“Come and see” is one way to introduce someone to important people. Once upon a time, Philip introduced Nathanael to Jesus by saying, “Come and see”. In the book of Revelation, the angel told John to ‘Come and see” and showed him the spouse of the Lamb.
This spouse was the new Jerusalem. It was built on a high mountain. Jewels formed its walls, angels guarded its gates, which were named after the twelve tribes of Israel. Its foundations were made of twelves courses of stones named for the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
His new Jerusalem is rich in nature’s delightful wealth and rich in the history of God’s people from the twelve tribes to the twelve apostles.
“Come and see.” The good rabbi, the good student of God’s word, rises early each day to study and pore over the word of God. We are invited to “come and see”, to study and become a disciple. We are called to bask in the beauty of God’s Word and to base our lives on the ancient twelve patriarchs of Israel and the twelves apostles of the Lamb. We are called to be the rabbis and apostles of today. Our task is to pay attention to what God is saying to us and to proclaim this word faithfully. We are co-builders with the Lamb of this new Jerusalem, this new city, where even now God dwells in glory.