24/10/2022

Reading the report by the UK Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse can only make me view the Church in England with horror and complete distaste. Why has such behaviour come to light after 2000 years of the Grace that is the Resurrection being known and accepted? 

The answer has got to be the simple, "because it can". The internet has changed everything that has over the centuries been hidden within even the simplest form of human organisation let alone within a vast institution that the "go and teach all nations" mission of Jesus has become. God knows everything about each and every one of us; and we, each and every one of us, have the means to find the total history of God's revelations recorded through Church and Scriptures.

All of us are to be judged in the total transparency that we are to our Creator. Our Church has always been judged in the same transparency before God but today even the least of us, such as I, can see the 2022 truth of Jesus' denouncement of "hypocrites".

Where can I find the Love of God preached with such adoring simplicity as the words of St Paul in today's Epistle? His warnings are confirmed by the psalm which would have been prayed by both him and our Lord and his Holy Family. Where can I find the stark Truth of the Gospel spoken by the Word?  

I cannot be a Church of one. I am in the care of Mary and all the Saints pray for me. There must be many of us in the world who want the Grace of the Liturgy to be the Body of Christ still with us to the end of time. Many of us who are afraid that the personal devotions we make are more about ourselves than God, do not want to shout from the rooftops or rant on Youtube. My faith is in Father, Son and Holy Spirit . The Evergreater reveals himself as the impossible three in one and I am thankful that this is my support and the creator of the Being that I am.

Dear Lord you know that I am always touched in my heart by a visit from my grandchildren. There is no need for me to deride this sentimentality which was certainly known to Mary's parents at the sight of you as a baby and growing boy. May she your mother and mother of the Church which also grew from her pondering and not only from the direct commission to St Peter pray for your Holy Spirit to protect the love in my heart and help purge the Evil that threatens us all on earth.