20/09/2022

The Proverbs continue to praise virtue over vice and Jesus' adds to them "My Mother and my brothers are those that hear the word of God and put it into practice".We too, to be able to to do the will of God, need to accept all others as "family" for he preaches to the whole world not just to us in our church or chapel. He preaches to us all, accepts death is the Resurection and when we meditate asking "What does it all mean?"he guides us through the Holy Spirit.

The words "Mother and brothers" have caused many to deny the virginity of Mary, Mother of God. Their case has long since been answered but by placing their own prideful intellects before the Word they have persisted to this day. Mary was placed in the care of John and it is into  this maternal love, the first known by Jesus at his birth that the  institutional Church of Peter, "Feed my sheep" was founded.

Mother of God, Theotokos, Immaculate Mother of the Church are not just empty words They  are heavy with meaning and with the Grace that is our Father Son and Holy Spirit. In the messes, created by the institutional corruption that have damaged our Faith over the centuries, Mary has remained the incorruptible loving obedience to the Father which will never fade. "Heaven and Earth may pass away but my love will stand". Mary and Jesus are the human guarantors of this promise.

Dear Lord each day brings its own grief but also the opportunity to worship and pray. From my being I pray that my body and soul may find the peace that comes from honesty and above all from a clear conscience that I have kept myself within the boundaries that you have revealed are the way to  become human in front of your Glory. May Mary's prayers be the cause of a love of righteousness returning to all your priests and Bishops. May they use their vocations to become holy before feeding their egos by the seeking out of office.