17/02/2022

Today begins with St Peter telling us to recognise the tasks that Father, Son and Holy Spirit has  assigned to us. St Peter knew that this call was not as easy to follow as the "light yoke" would lead us to believe. Jesus fell under the weight of the cross; Peter denied the Lord the same three times. How many times have I failed ! 

In his letter Peter confirms that the first Christians did expect that we would not have a long wait for the return of the Resurrection. "Everything will come to and end soon"seems to be an answer to us who are becoming despondent as the End Times are still awaited with longing and disappointment that  the World and sin are still the reality that we know with our living minds and bodies.

The wonders of the Lord have been proclaimed among the people from Adam through Moses and the prophets and by God himself. Jesus was pressed about by people on the shingle shore and climbed into Peter's boat to preach and teach to the background noise of lapping waves and creaking ship's timbers.

 What were his very words at that moment? Very few of the recorded sayings of the Lord can be the exact words that were spoken. The final words from the cross were from the psalms and we can suppose that from the boat the teaching was also scriptural. Jesus was truly man speaking to us personally and he proclaimed and is himself  the wonder of God among the Peoples.

Dear Lord you know the falseness that is today covered by green and St Patrick's breastplate. Let us all return to the state where we worship the Glory that you are and not be fooled by hypocritcal assertions of piety and commitment to self-satisfied untrue narratives that refuse to accept you and your teaching.