05/09/2022

The ways of our world, the popular trends in morality are all wrong. You do not own anything in this world. You cannot join yourself to just any male if you are woman nor or any female if you are a man.You cannot decide for yourself what is right and what is wrong. God out of His never ending love created humanity to live in his creation in complete freedom but also  shows in our consciences the correct way of living. St Paul is quite clear about this. A "church" has to be a community which is in one mind that has been formed by the history of the Old and the example of the New. We are still to live in Holiness for Father, Son and Holy Spirit is one in being and that being is holy. 

Humanity has grown in number and in capability over the last two thousand years and much in our world would be unrecogizable to the the Apostles and their first converts. They would however recognise the preaching and worship that is still with us for the essence of our being is still only from God. The rich and famous, the "influencers and their followers", the intelligent and their admirers, the successful and the failures are equally in the Love of God during their lives and it is in this same equality that we end our lives. 

My fame or lack of it, my wealth or lack of it, my commitment or "my lord, lord" to the Gospels, and to  the saving Grace of Calvary are finished at the moment of my death. My soul will be in the spotlight of God who knows everything about me and I will be judged on how I have used my freedom to seek out the holiness that comes from knowing, loving and serving. 

The Pharisees sought to trick Jesus into breaking the Sabbath. Modern man does not have this subtlety but stands in the face of God shouting a defiance that challenges God. This is the world that we must avoid and it is in this world that we must judge how to avoid the insidious effects of Satan in all walks of life. Being here and avoiding is not enough we need to stand out in our determination to oppose those who are creating a reverse morality in an unholy counter-reality.

Dear Lord, you know that I am truly bothered by what I read and see in  this world and that I am weak and useless when I get off this keyboard. Grant me the grace to be true to your will and if it be your will stir me up to be a true follower and not "in secret for fear of the Jews". May Mary and all the saints for whom time has ended in your Holiness continue to fight against the evil one and Pray that the Holy Spirit will renew the face of the Earth.