24/09/2022

The translation of the words of Ecclesiastes is beautiful poetry which held my attention to the very end. Each day we face on awakening the wonder of being alive in this wonderful world. The writer captures the flavour of Youth for whom the delights of this world are being revealed and increased as the body grows to maturity, but his purpose is to warn that this too will pass.

In my youth I was aware that I was living in the sight of God. I knew then that I would have to answer for the deeds of my life. My conscience was never at rest. I was acutely aware of my sinfulness. I still am for this is to be human.

Even my attempts at prayer and meditation are in danger from my sense of self. My vanity is the vanity of vanities, puffed up ego that can always find excuses to turn me away from God. Jesus tells us to keep his words constantly  in mind. Constant prayer keeps  our souls open to the Holy Spirit who fills the world with the Loving Grace that is the being of Father Son and Holy Spirit. It is Love that we must welcome in the mornings when we are awakened by the same Grace from the terrors of the night which are the result of sin.

Dear Lord, there is nothing I can say that is fitting for you so all my prayer has to do is  know you and accept your will for me in my sinfulness. May Mary and all your angels and Saints pray that we on Earth can come to a destruction of our pride and truly know that you are our Lord, our God and our Eternal Now.