24/10/2021

Today's readings emphasise our Jewish origins. Jeremiah, contrary to his proverbial reputation, is full of Joy for the people of the Lord are saved and they know it. And they know to whom their thanks must be given.  Our Jewishness continues in the Letter to the Hebrews. We can be sure that God wants us to continue the Temple Sacrifice but one that is offered by a sinless High Priest; A High Priest who is both priest and victim.  Jesus' sacrifice to the will of his Father is "once for all"; is eternally repeated with the Father and the Holy Spirit and with the People of God who form his body active here on earth; active with his Mother and Saints in heaven. Our Mass.

It is from this that the Church teaches that the Mass does not depend on the holiness of the minister. The "once for all sacrifice" is in the timeless eternity which we the followers can access here on earth through the ministry bequeathed to his Church  by our Sinless High Priest ; Jesus of Nazareth.

No wonder we are joyful for our lives are not in vain. We have God who has destroyed our sins and wiped out our guilt and who is always with us to the end of time.

Dear Lord I believe all that you have have taught us. You know the prayer of my heart. May Our Lady and all the Saints inspire our leaders to seek the holiness that is not of this world that they follow the way this mass and all masses lead us to Father, Son and Holy Spirit.