28/05/2022

The early days of the Church were filled with hope and joy. Many converts joined with original apostles and disciples in prayer and in belief in Jesus. There is no doubt that many of the original believers were sure that they would witness the return of Jesus as the Sovereign of all mankind; first of the Jews and then of the Gentiles who were asking for baptism in ever greater numbers.

Paul's letters and Gospel texts were works in progress and there were soon circulating other works, of which fragments remain and imaginative versions of Christ which St Paul particularly warns against. As time passed upto the destruction of the Temple more and more thought and prayer had to contend with the whittling away of the first hopes and accept that the parouisia would not be upon them. They had to realise that Christ means what he says; Christ's is a spiritual Kindom.

To guard against false prophets and clarify their own Faith the believers continued to find Christ in the Old Testament and to create the New Testament that we know today. It is in these works of revelation that we find the Way, the Truth and the Life that God wishes us to follow for our souls are his image and likeness and he wishes for us to find life eternal.. Soon science will be growing "humans"in laboratories and claim this as a great advance for mankind. Those scientists will die and face the true reality that is not of this world but is the Eternal Now that is Father Son and Holy Spirit.

Dear Lord you know how many of us strive to do your will and how many of us fail. Let us know that no matter how great are the wonders of your creation they are not You for You are "ever-greater" than any human knowledge and understanding. May Mary and all your Saints pray that the Holy Spirit enters into the minds and souls of our leaders that they may find Faith Hope and Love and that thy suffering peoples find the comfort of your Love.