18/06/2022

Jesus makes it perfectly clear that the purpose of our existence is to live the gift of life righteously. We have to live holy lives focussed on God within his rules. We are all here to know love and worship. If we do this we can be sure that everything for our daily lives will be provided. "Give us this day our daily bread" is interpreted as referring to the Blessed Sacrament but also has a meaning for the reality of our daily lives.

The history of the backsliding of the Jews is one of savage brutality. Even the chosen people were able in an instant to start salughtering each other and their enemies too. The Prophets inspired by the Holy Spirit were able to bring them back to the ways of the Lord but until the presence of God in Jesus there was no unmoveable anchor to hold us in place in the tide of being.

The wars that have been the bane of mankind are still with us but now with the possibility of using the power of the elements of God's creation. This power could wipe out all life from earth. It seems that the majority of mankind including the Church have rooted themselves into the material world and have no time for Father, Son and Holy Spirit for we are, in deed, slaves of Mamon.

Dear Lord you know that this day I have to have medical treatment. I know that I am always entirely in your hands. Let me be subject to your will and confident in your grace. May Mary add her prayer to mine that the suffering peoples of this world come to their senses and know their earthly lives are the only chance our individual souls have of preparing for Eternity.