12/04/2022

As is Isaiah, I too am despondent and worried by the state of God's Church. So many of us no longer believe in Father, Son or Holy Spirit. I cannot avoid keeping in mind the derelictions of holiness displayed by the  Church instituted so long ago. Israel has returned to the Promised Land and immediattely perpertrated injustices against the people living there. Few of the people of Israel are belivers in the God of their ancestors.

Faith is what God wills for us and I hope that we too will open our hearts to find that "all along my cause was with the Lord"so that "salvation will reach to the ends of the earth".

John's account of the last days of Jesus continues with the the last meal that Jesus shared before the Crucifixion. Jesus knows what is to happen on this night and morning; he knows what horrors await him and is troubled by this. He knows but is human and so is fearful at the thought. " At that moment Satan entered into him" sounds as if this was "spur of the moment" temptation but we know that Judas had already approached the temple authorities, offering a betrayal of his Rabi. 

Jesus tells the remaining Apostles that the will of the Father will be manifest shortly; that the Glory of Father, Son and Holy Spirit will blaze forth and that  Jesus  will be there alone. Peter as usual gets it wrong and promises a commitment that is beyond him. The words and life of Jesus have to be pondered if we are to come close to the understanding of them. Only Mary on this earth has achieved that for she too was the sinless chosen one of  God.

Dear Lord let my understanding support my faith as the prayers of Mary and all the Saints support your people as we struggle through the bleakness that surrounds us all here on Earth.We do expect to see your Glory. Could it be sooner rather than later; but thy will be done here as it is in Eternity.