Gospel Prism

What do Jesus and Superman have in common? They are both superheroes, you see?

I don’t know who is more at fault, the parents that buy such things as ‘better options’ for their children, the ‘Christian’ merchandising industry that promotes such things, or the Church that teaches that Jesus is our superhero. Thank God that Jesus is not as weak, as frail, as sinful, as unstable, or as imaginary as superheroes that limited humans beings can conjure up. I am thankful instead that Paul gives us a far better picture of our Lord:

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him. 17And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.