07/12/2022

The psalms are the prayer book used by Jesus, Mary and Joseph. All the disciples and Apostles knew them as well as we know the words of the Mass. The God that is praised in this morning's Psalm is full of Love and compassion. He tempers his Justice with Mercy. He does treat us according to our sins. He does not give us the treatment that our sins deserve. He is our Dad, stern but full of love for his children who need to be chastised and taught to accept his gentle ways by submitting to his yoke to learn that his burden is not heavy or beyond our capabilities.

He is the burning bush, the wrestler by the ford, the three under the oak at Mamre. He is the nameless One worshipped and revealed in the Old Testament. Inspired by God Isaiah tries to remind his people, Israel, that God is greater than all we can see or experience for he is the creator of all. He is the Evergreater one whose Word was eternally present with him but not revealed until Holy Spirit begot Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary.

We have to follow Mary and ponder this in our hearts for there is nothing more momentous in History than the incarnation, birth life death and resurrection of Jesus for he is the only way to the Eternity he knows from before the beginning. Every other thing that we know will pass away but the Word will stand.

Dear Lord, help me to live by the Faith that is revealed in your Scriptures Let me live always in Hope. Let the Love that you are control all my actions and let me come to you after the penance I deserve. May Mary and all the Saints continue to support your Church on earth to avoid the sins that beset her.