11/12/2022

We have to follow the words of God's revelation of himself for there is very little we can know about Father, Son and Holy Spirit by human intelligence. In the very first days of the Church on earth disputes broke out about what had been witnessed by Peter, the other disciples, and  people of Jerusalem and even the foreign soldiers on Calvary. The resurrection was deemed by many to be a complete confidence trick performed by the disciples and by others, even the crucifixion was not a human bodily event but an illusion.

The Acts and some of Paul's letters warn about deceitful doctrine promulgated by human thinking. As the Church grew, the dangers of false doctrine grew with it. What are these dangers? Our Father first revealed himself to the people who became the Jews under his guidance. Prophets were directly inspired and fought to keep the people holy for out of them there was to come the Saviour who would free us from slavery to sin. The words of Scripture are Truth and it is this Truth that is the oxygen, the blood the very life of our beings.

The people to whom Jesus, Paul and the Apostles first preached in Palestine were not as technically advanced as we are but they were as thoughtful and devout and educated as any one of us. The Greeks had a tradition and literature as old as the Bible. The Wisdom Literature has many parallels to Greek  Philosophy which is still read today. Millions of words, ideas true and false have been poured out about Father Son and Holy Spirit and some of them are inspiring but it is by following the life and teaching of Jesus in the Gospels that we come to live in the Holiness that leads us to the Eternal Love of Heaven where there is only Truth and instant Joy in God our Creator and Saviour.

Dear Lord, let me become free of sin and consistent in my worship that as I get closer to the end of my life I may learn how to put you first in all things. May Mary lead all the Saints in praise of you and ceaselessly petition for pardon for the Holy Souls and for your sinful children here on earth.