28/09/2022

Not many records of how the first men reacted to their own being within the temporal reality that they inhabited have survived. Although the Book of Job was written much later than its historical setting it presents a man  who recognises that all that he sees and hears and touches is  the work of another being than himself. He knows that God is the Evergreater by his natural experience and by the memories of his forebears which have survived since Noah. Job is presented  as certainly pre-Abraham  and  his "words"  as an acceptance of God and his realities by a man unenlightened by revelations but accepting of his own experiences.

Jesus  enlightens all by telling us that our Faith, our commitment to him cannot be selective. We have to follow him all the way. We have to recognise that there are no comfort zones in which to lay down and rest our consciences and our belief convinceing ourselvesthat we are following God's will for us. Filial devotion or necessary work do not replace the the total commitment that Jesus , Father Son and Holy Spirit, shows on his way to the Cross. Jesus the perfect Man is not only the way, the truth and the life he is also both Judge and standard against  which we will be judged. We all have great need of God's Mercy if we are to be fit for the Kingdom. 

Dear Lord for a few moments each day I pray. Let my prayer be acceptable. Guide me on the way to your Holiness that I might be cleansed by touching the hem of your garment. May Mary and all the Saints who have lived their lives without turning back be with your Faithfull and support us by their prayers.