13/12/2022

Jesus makes clear that he is a Prophet in the line of Prophets inspired by God to mould His people into holiness. Holiness requires first of all awareness. We need to be aware that there is nothing that we have that is not created by God. We must know God, we must make our awareness known to others We need to obey the commands of God as revealed to Moses. Our human holiness the perfection that was Adam and Eve was broken nearly as soon as it was created. God knows Adam in the perfection of the Love that created him and it is to this perfection he gives us the opportunity to return.

The history of salvation as recorded in the Old Testament has moments of unspeakable harshness, the great wind, thunder and lightning and  moments of peace and calm, the quiet wind on Carmel. Adam broke the first covenant and sent us all into the natural world where we experience all the dangers of creation. In facing and overcoming these dangers, we have so grown in power and capability that with our technology we have come to count God as an irrelevance even to the extent of mocking him by cloning flesh and mimicking reality by A.I. The fruit of the tree of knowledge is a materially powerful fruit but it has lead us into a God-challenging pride that each one of us needs to acknowledge and redress before being called to account.

Most of mankind today is rushing around, living under the spell of Mammon and yet each one of our billions knows that he will not enjoy the fruits of his labours and obsessions after the end of his life.

The material world when tamed is wonderful but mere dross when measured by the Truth which comes from and is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  We have been shown incessantly that God is the Ever-greater and the warning of Zephaniah is relevant for all of us at all times.

Dear Lord, let me be one of the lowly ones who have been given the grace that we all need to come into your presence "Lord, Lord" is not enough, for a pure heart is the sacrifice most fitting to your holiness. May Mary the only other sinless one of our humanity lead all the saints in joyful praise and may her prayers be heard that all sins are forgiven those  who seek out forgiveness won for us on Calvary.