24/07/2021

Today Moses seals the Covenant. His promise to God is made permanent and now blood is forbidden to the people. It is the life that is only offered to God. It was unbelievably horrific for the Jews of Jesus' time to hear him say "Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink." For centuries they had followed the law as set down by Moses  and had become meticulous in the slaughter of animals for the Temple and for the table. But Jesus is crystal clear that he is offering himself as the perfect sacrifice. 

We have no alternative other than to believe.  We have to ask ourselves why we do not spend more time before the Blessed Sacrament . How can it be that God is kept in the tabernacle? How can the nature of bread and wine be changed? To maintain this simple level of believe we have to become the "little ones" of the Gospels. We have to be able have complete trust in the words of Our Father in heaven and the Mission that Jesus passed on to the Twelve Apostles. We have to believe that there is a Church created by God built on the Rock (a very human one) and that the priesthood is called by the Father and authorised  to repeat the words of the Last Supper and thus confect the Blessed Sacrament along with Eternal Sacrifice  of the Son and the support of the Holy Spirit.

To maintain this simple function the Church has grown into the mess that it is today. Jesus tells us that the darnel is sown by an enemy and that it won't be sorted out till the last day. This too I have to believe. Does it mean that I have to turn a blind eye to priestly sinning and clerical abuse? 

Dear Lord I know that I am a sinner and can find forgiveness in your Church. Please let me follow your will for me and turn back to the Church even though it offends me by its self serving and backsliding. You will be the Judge.