10/09/2022

Jesus is speaking to us directly when he warns us out of his Love that he is deadly serious in his teaching. We can gain nothing by a worship that is not put into practice during the time we have on Earth. Rotten trees canot produce good fruit; neither can ashes or decombosing bodies. In our brief span we have to face up to the fact that our time is limited and that our worship has to be straight from our hearts from the essence of our very beings. It is my "I" and all the other "Is" that have to return the Love of the Lord.

Our lives are short but our daily time seems long and so our daily lives are filled by the things of this world. St Paul in such a short time after the Resurrection makes it clear that the liturgical forerunner of today's masses must make it clear that the worshipers of God must not have anything to do with the  idolatrous worship that surrounds them in their pagan world. He does not say that the bread and wine are the body and blood of Christ but words "this is my Body" were known and repeated wherever the Gospel was preached.

During the time of the Living Lord his disciples would discuss among them selves the meaning of his words e.g. "what can it mean "rise again on the third day". They had witnessed the crucifixion .Then Jesus was with them again on the third day. Now they knew what it meant but the "why"and "how"were still being asked and have occupied the minds of many over the last 2000 years; 

Lazarus' sister Mary chose the better part but the work of Martha has to go on. We all must work eat and sleep but not allow our worldly needs to swamp the prayer and meditation that is the fruit of the heart of our beings. It is God's will that we should know, love and serve; it is also his will that we ourselves choose to do so. Our created wills are completely free in our humanity; we must not forget this and so can only blame ourselves for our failings.

Dear Lord let the grace of your Love be received here on Earth; let my heart be open to receive it and let the prayers that are being said throughout our world be from the hearts of all your people. May Mary continue to lead the souls that have entered into the bliss of heaven in a never ending petition of support for us who are facing the daily struggle to avoid sin in this world and to prepare our souls for the inevitability that is death.