22/05/2022

Today's readings condense all that we know about our God and our duty towards him. We have grown out of the Old Testament and still cling to it. We know God as three in one. Father Son and Holy Spirit. Jesus has cleared the Old Testament of the duties focussed on one people and opened up the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem for us all. John's Apocalypse is the last Jewish vision of God's Glory.

Before the Apocalypse was written, the first Church, the witnesses of the resurrection in Jerusalem, were becoming overwhelmed by the success of their missions and were faced with the difficulties presented by the teachings received from God and heard by the Apostles. These were the proclamations made in the Portico of Solomon and repeated by Paul in Syria and Cilicia. What a row there must have been between the learned Jews and those filled with the Holy Spirit who understood that the Resurrectiion had changed everything. They were filled with passion for they expected the Lord to be with them  again in a little while.

We are still saying "maranatha". We are still praying for the return of the Lord. We are still waiting with open hearts. Our souls are still yearning for the "return". This "return we expect to be outside of ourselves; We expect to be witnesses of a great cosmic event. We pray that God may intervene and purify the Church and the World which he has warned us against. 

Jews who believed in Jesus had to reset their whole way of life and worship. We have to know that the awaited imminent return happens to each of us in every nano-second of our beings and that peace perfect peace and holiness are here for me to grasp for we are touched by Eternity in that God knows each little one of us.

Dear Lord there is so much thought (perhaps known) and written about you. But there is no greater knowledge or worship than to say that you choose us and in your choice of me I can live according to your wishes. The prayers of your people are heard and join with the Saints and your mother Mary that on earth thy will be done as it is in Heaven . Forgive me my sins.