02/07/2022

The present state of Israel seems to be another completion of God's will foretold in today's passage from Amos. Amos foretells  the Holy Land again to be a place of great wealth and holiness. In today's Jersualem there is great wealth but of holiness there is little to be found and turning the other cheek is something that would be impossible for a state which always retaliates before it is wronged.

Jesus' blessing is freely given to all of mankind and the restrictons of the Old Testament are broken to open up for us the gates of Eternity. We cannot act arrogantly in the presumption that we are the ones chosen.We have been chosen not to rule the world; not to be able to increase  our wealth; not to forcibly remove others from their lands. Jesus has choen us to be the the poor people of God, the despised people humbly accepting our lot, living in a state of holiness always aware  that Father Son and Holy Spirit will show us the mercy that each of us needs.

I live in the world at the moment and am aware that we are surrounded by evil which is flourishing but each day I have to return in my consciousness to God who still searches out for me and all his lost sheep for it is he who will repair our sinful souls with the shrunken cloth of his grace to ensure that  faith does not get torn out of us by our failures at patching our weaknesses. 

Dear Lord I try to understand the teaching of scripture; I try to respond positively but sometimes my response is only half-heartd with none of the joy that being in your presence should bring. I have renounced the world the flesh and the devil but will always be in need of the grace so painfully gained on Calvary. May Mary the Mother of God continue to seek for me and all the suffering souls in Purgatory and on Earth evergreater graces to strengthen our resolves to avoid sin and worship Father, Son and Holy Spirit.