26/10/2021

St Paul's letter to the Romans is not of the simplest to understand. He says that we are and we are not "saved". He says that the whole of creation is waiting for its renewal that is salvation. He says that God's Creation our physical Universe was created incomplete so that it has been yearning from the beginning for the Word to fulfill its task. We are all waiting for this completion and then we will know Salvation. We are still locked into our bodies and it is only when we are complete in our human freedom that we will be saved.

Jesus too in this morning's parables counsels patience. We can care for the "mustard seed" and witness its growth; we can add yeast to flour water and salt and witness the lively dough which is the result. These processes take time. We cannot witness the actual growth of the seed or swelling of the dough. God works in our beings in the same way.The Holy Spiirt the Son and the Father is the complete Being that will take us to Salvation which is ours but not yet.

Dear Lord may I come to better understanding than the above of your Being and of your Will for me.