10/10/2022

Jesus does not mince his words. We all of us can feel at the end of our tether and we may wish that the Lord would "get on with it". I know that this is disrespectful language but as a human being I can never lose sight of the Evergreaterness of God although sometimes I need to have my belief stirred up to face the Truth. 

Jesus knows his humanity and that of his brothers and sisters. In the Gospel he knows that we are gathering around him in great numbers because we have heard about the miracles this carpenter from Nazareth has performed. We all want to see a "sign" that we can make our own. Jesus reminds us of events in our history which is read to us each Sabbath in the synagogue. It is in his mystery body, soul, man and   Father, Son and Holy Spirit that we must place our belief for there is nothing greater in the whole of creation than he is.

St Paul is striving with all his might. He has seen the risen Lord and the Galatians have listened to his testimony but are still Jews at heart. They are acting as though they are still the people of the Covenant and do know better than Saul, the pharisee from neighboring Tarsus. St Paul knows that Jesus has completed the covenant and hence forth we are all living in a freedom that we prove not by the force majeure of "The Law" but by living as little children in the Love of him whom Jesus has taught us to call Dad. There is absolutely no disrespect in this God-given relationship.

Dear Lord you know all and I am part of that all. I cannot know you except by doing your will, responding with obedient love and wonder to the greatness of your being and the littleness of my own. May Mary's prayers and those of all the saints fill the hearts of your people on earth that we may wait with patience to see the Sign of Jonah returning on the clouds of heaven.