25/03/2023

I am amazed and strengthened in my Faith when the readings chosen for the mass of the day show how the Old Testament is fulfilled in Jesus. The hearts of the disciples on the road to Eumaeus burned within them as the unrecognised Jesus explained to them the meaning of the Scriptures. 

The Father has begun his revelation in the Old Testament, the Son completes it in the New and it continues in the Church which is in the hearts of believers that are kept open and seek the Holy Spirit.

The disciples and Apostles who were devastated by the Crucifixion, were at first uncomprehending of the Resurrection, again lost by the Ascension and then so filled with the Holy Spirit that within fifty years of Jesus' life on Earth they could come to the understanding of God's purpose that is still the only guide we need to living holy lives.

Mary's acceptance of her role was never going to be otherwise as she is the Immaculate Conception. Her soul was untouched by Original Sin. Her freedom was self curtailing as she was able to see no alternative to the will of God except with horror. 

A very popular hymn sings to God "How Great thou art". God is always Greater and no more so than when his Love for  his created beings becomes the humility that deliberately chooses to be an embryo in the womb of Mary for nine months. She is indeed Theotokos.

Dear Lord let my heart stay open today. Let me not be distracted. Let love for you become integral to my being and let me truly hate all sin no matter how trivial the tempter makes it seem for it is my sin that adds to your human pain on Calvary. May Mary who leads all your Saints in Heaven, who knew your growing presence within her and the desolation of your death continue to plead for all her children on Earth and in Purgatory.