23/05/2022

Paul and his companions are now preaching for the first time in Europe. The  Sabbath on which he goes to the meeting is still a Saturday and the people he preaches to are all mainly Jews. The language they use is likely to be Greek which was the lingua franca of the Roman Empire. An interesting fact is that there seems to be only women at this Sabbath meeting. Where were the 10 men needed today for Jewish communal prayer?

John continues with specific insights into the nature of God and our duty towards him. The Holy Spirit comes from the Father. Father and Son are one. The Holy Spirit proceeds from Father and Son. Hence the "Filioque" a word out of which our, clergy Eastern and Western were able to "justify" the breaking of the Christ's body on earth. Millions of words have proceeded out of this rupture and deaths too as Crusading Westerners treated the Eastern Orthodox believers as heretics deserving of death. What paltry excuses we can always come up with when we want to deny that we are sinning!

Jesus tells us that the evil still in our world happens because we do not know our God. His words are not just about first century Palestine but are true for all times then and now. Jesus is still the Resurrected One whose being is  present in our world and in the Eternal Trinity of Heaven which is the place prepared for us until the end of time.

Dear Lord I hear your prayer that we all be one and know that your life, death and resurrection have prepared the way for us. Let your Church on Earth be ever mindful for your teaching. May all the Saints led by Our Lady in the Glory of heaven never cease to implore mercy for me and all the  peoples of Earth.