Each day I try to reflect on the revelation of God as preached to the early church. I have the word "reflection" as a replacement for "contemplation" or "meditation" which seem to be too self-consciously pious. Today St Paul uses a different meaning of reflect. We need to mirror the Glory of the Lord. Although the Holy Spirit is present in each individual that presence shines forth and is reflected by each of us to each other. Our Church is not a people by birth but  the people of God by the reflections of Glory that we should be for each other. 

How can this be? Jesus tells us that we need to have the practise of the Law, (not its words increased by human scruples as Scribes or Pharisees,) in the innermost part of our being so that we practise Love without being aware that it is this  that we do. Anger is murder, lust is adultery. Anything we do against one another is sin which keeps us from the true worship that God requires of us. We must not have mortal sin in us if we want to be fed by the Eucharist that is God's shining presence in our world.

Dear Lord you know that I am trying to live these latter days of my life in the way I  should have lived all my days let me be truly penitent and may our mother whose instant "Yes" was your incarnation come to the aid of that failing patient, your Church.