18/03/2023

God's revelation of himself always tells that what he wants is "love" not sacrifices. Time as we know it began with the creation of our material universe. The first humans with body and soul as we are were told to be free but within one Law only. Their wrong choice resulted in the world that I am in at this moment.

Hosea tells us in a striking image that our love for God must not be like the morning dew that disappears back into the air as soon as it is touched by the rays of the sun. The first Christians, all devout Jews, were reminded of Hosea's "on the third day" when trying to grasp the "Resurrection" and retain it in their understanding.

Jesus completes Gods revelation. What we have known about the will of Father, Son and Holy Spirit for the last two millennia is complete there will be nothing new that God will reveal to any future generations until the Last Day, the end of time. 

God's revelation is to all mankind. This means to every individual human soul. Righteousness, living within God's law, is the totality of what we are all allowed in our freedom. Our church, founded on Peter, is incapable of completing Jesus' mission when it acts like those among the Apostles who first of all missed the whole purpose of the teaching of their Rabbi. They argued about rank in the Kingdom of Heaven.

The historic reality of our Church is that more often than not its hierarchical structure has meant more to its clergy than its role given by Jesus. How can any Cleric read this morning's Gospel without squirming in the depths of their beings? Holiness does not come from office within the Church, it comes from God's love for the those who sincerely in the depths of their beings, turn  to him for forgiveness.

Dear Lord, you know everything about me. Let me know you so that your grace can work in me and keep me free from the sin that seems to be present in  all humanity, even in your Church. Let Mary your mother who was created sinless and so can know what a horror sin is to you, continue to be the sinless heart of your Church and by her intercession bring back selflessness to the office holders of the damaged human institution your Church has, yet again, become.