11/09/2021

Today Jesus warns us that the mere acknowledgement of the Power of God by itself is meaningless. We have had the Glory of God revealed to us and can in the beauty of creation get a faint idea (through a glass darkly) of the Beauty of God himself. God does want us to know him. 

But that is not enough. We are empowered by the Grace of the Father, the works of the Son and the coming of the Holy Spirit to live lives that are themselves a witness and revelation of the  Love with which the Father created, the incarnate Son redeemed and the Holy Spirit inspired  the world. 

But that is not enough. Faith Hope and Love have to be built solidly on unmoveable foundations for them to be able to bear witness. Our foundation is the teachings of Christ and his sinless life. I can and must accept that for the visible Church is getting very close to "it collapsed and what a ruin that house became".

Dear Lord let my striving after you bear the best fruit it is capable of; let me become the person you created me to be and let your Holy Spirit enter into those whom I know here on earth that even without knowing you their fruit becomes  acceptable to you.