17/02//2022

St James tells us directly that our behaviour on Earth is part of our religion. The norms of human society are not to be practised among God's faithful. Social differences are nothing in God's eyes. There is even something wicked about social difference for if we give value to them we are corrupt and not followig Jesus' path. The rich are blamed for the problems that the poor face in life. 

If we look at our social problems today it is hard to blame the rich for everything that we know to be wrong. Except it is always true to say that we are all  rich in leisure time and the devil truly does make work for idle hands. Our children have grown up in a world that is so different from the time of Jesus and his apostles. The world has changed but not the teaching.

Peter who is to be entrusted with the Eucharist, with our Church, with the Body of Christ is rebuked  for all of us for putting the world before God. It is quite clear that Jesus is not going to accept the familar human excuse of all times " but in this day and age". His Crucifixion does not change with time for it is God present, Father Son and Holy Spirit enduring torture and  Death, not because it is inevitable for him as death is for us but because he Loves me and everyone of us. 

God knows us better than we know ourselves and this message is delivered to both Jews and Pagans for today Jesus is among the pagans in the Decapolis.

Dear Lord help me to avoid the corruption that is human thinking and confuses my soul which should be concerned only with you. Let me know the humility with which you faced a hopeless death and thus ensured that we could approach the Father, Son and Holy Spirit with a Christian Hope that surpasses all understnding. May you Mary and all Saints channel the Love of God into my heart and into all God's  people living on earth and waiting in the unfulfilled safety of purgutory.