06/03/2023

Jesus speaks to us all. He tells me that what I write should not be just empty words. The book of Daniel is inspired by the Holy Spirit. It is the Word in the the special world that is God's people, Israel. It is God's self consciousness of the Love that is Father, Son and Holy Spirit making himself known to the being that humbly raises his eyes to God. The writer of Daniel is aware not only of God but also of his own place within Israel and speaks for all his community.

Jesus is the Word. He is God in the same human body as I am. He is totally God. He is the fertilised egg carried in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary for nine months before being born in Bethlehem. Jesus shows us the way that we are to stay in the holiness that is the reason for our being. 

Jesus is first present in the special world of Israel. There he takes on the shame that is ours and the Evergreater submits out of love for us to the "wages of sin".The Resurrection promises to be with us always. The Church of Peter is where we can be sure to find the Lord and his Sacraments and this Church preaches to the whole world.

Jesus' life, death and Resurrection speaks to us all. He was deserted in his final hour by all except John and the three Marys. That desertion has been repeated too many times during the last  two thousand years by the Institution that  he founded among the Apostles, on Peter, but the love and compassion that stood at the foot of the Cross has never weakened and is still available, overflowing, so that even outside of the Institution there is still the Church without which there is no salvation.

Dear Lord, you know that I am alone in my worship. Help me to overcome the self-love that is still a too greater part of my being. Help me to avoid sin. May Mary and John who remained with you at the moment you cried out on Calvary continue their prayers for all sinners both on Earth and in Purgatory.