26/08/2022

St Paul's letter to the Corinithians continues to confrim that I should not be worried by my lack of understanding of the wisdom of the philosophers. I am unable to retain in my mind the theses of Theology and try to explain this lack of understanding and retention by telling myself that God's great love can be undestood to the fullness of my abilities and I cannot pass beyond that point. A half-pint glass cannot hold a full pint. I must still stive to eke out and replenish my  knowledge for it  is like the oil carried by the bridesmaids; it needs to last until the coming of the the Lord.

I still like reading Theology and have previously remarked that in this I am like King Herod who liked to listen to the Baptist interpretting the Scripture but was perplexed by  him, Paul stakes his all on the inspiration, the Faith that comes from God. Illogical foolishness is what he rightly proclaims the surface of his preaching  to be. But now he tells us that "this foolish" Wisdom comes from the grace of faith for what seems foolish and illogical to us in fact is the evergreater Wisdom of God.

The Cross is the saviour of our souls. Defeat death and despair are held up on the wood of the cross. Everything comes clear in the light of the Resurrection. We still have to do justice to our "image and likeness" by striving to "Know"God. We can "Love and Serve" but by concentrating on the Cross we can know that all that is Good comes directly from the one God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Dear Lord. you know how each morning I turn all of my being to you and in your Scriptues I find Faith Hope and Love. Let these virtues even at the end of my life grow so that the lamp that is my soul remain full of the Light of Your Love and so enter into full communion with You, Your Mother and all the Saints. Your people on Earth are still scandalised by the way of the Vatican. May Our Lady and all the Saints' prayers turn the eyes of the  princes of the Church to the poverty humility and obedience displayed by your Son on earth and act accordingly.