02/01/2020

The Church makes much use of the Gospel of St John during this Christmas season for although we do not know the exact dates of his writings,  St John is totally concerned with the meaning, the spiritual significance,  of the events that he experienced during his lifetime. His Gospel as we know it was fixed in its now canonical form in the fourth century after Christ's resurrection and men had had a long time to ponder the words of the evangelist.

John tells us of God who is the Creator of everything and who is eternal so he is not subject to the rules of time. God knows everything that has and will come to be in his created time and yet he gives us freedom to seek him during our lives.

St Paul too knows God as outside of our time but all-knowing of what we are and how we use the freedom that he has given us. The freedom that is inherent in our beings and the Freedom brough to us by the Birth, Death and Resurrection.

Our Church knows this more than I do and teaches it well. Jesus told his disciples to listen to the Pharisees but not do as they did.

Dear Lord may I continue to avoid sin and to offer up my prayers to you each day. May your wisdom guide my thoughts in the freedom you have given to me and to all mankind.