06/02/2022

Guide me Lord in my understanding and keep me away from myself, letting me be open to the inspiration that is available to all men as we read the Old and New Testments. Isaiah blessed by God and dedicated to his Word, is the source of many "according to the Scriptures"we read from the lips of Jesus and all the Apostles.

The heavenly vision is beyond my ability to recreate in my imagination by building on  his words. The wish to see God as he really is is somewhere at the back of my being. It is in my soul and not in my mind. St Paul has seen the Lord. He has attacked the first Christians but been dragged into the Church and filled with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit that is Father Son and Holy Spirit. This is what he preached and it is  possible for me to see this preaching in my imagination for all of those in his teaching are human beings. The Son too is a complete human being but with the same being as the Father and Holy Spirit and this is beyond my comprehension but I can worship and be in awe.

St Luke records that Jesus had begun his mission before the calling of the Apostles. The crowds with him witnessed the miraculous catch and listened to his words. Were these first witnesses to the Word a mixture of Jew and Gentile; did they retain their awe at the miracle of the Lord; did they continue with their daily lives or did they drop everything to follow him?

Dear Lord let me become as those first witnesses full of awe and with a sincere belief in Grace come to an appropriate way to continue to know Faith Hope and Charity, avoid sin, and ultimately be granted a heavenly vision that can be shared with all in the Love that is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.