01/03/2023

St Paul knows without doubt that Jesus has brought to the world the only thing that is necessary for us all to share, the grace of Faith. Paul's Faith is total belief in his oneness with Jesus. His Hope is that he will receive from God the perfection that Jesus has brought into the world. It is his Love that enables him to proclaim the Resurrection and to follow the Cross to his personal Good Friday.

Jesus has warned us that our Faith has not to be only skin-deep. Many of the Pharisees and priests were meticulous about their outward observance of the Law. This is the same hypocrisy that is so easy for me and all of us to hide from ourselves but not from God. Each day I try to open my mind and heart to Father, Son and Holy Spirit but after these minutes I am again the person that is uniquely the one created by God, the I that is the "hidden room" where Jesus tells to be at home with the Evergreater who is his Dad, our father who loves us to the extent of the Cross and all that leads up to it.

St Paul also had a hidden room but he lived in our world and was uniquely chosen to preach Christ. He shouted out his Faith and accepted his personal Cross. He could without any trace of hypocrisy proclaim the message that had been given to him. The message was for us to put Jesus foremost in our lives and to bear witness to him by living our lives  in the light of his Love.

We cannot do this by hiding in our "hard-drives". We have to become a reflection of the light of perfect Faith, Hope and Love that shines out over the whole Universe from Calvary.

Dear Lord, you know how difficult it can be for us to maintain awareness of our primary purpose. Satan knows that your grace is our only defence against sin and is in these high-tech days finding billions of ways to distract mankind into disobedience. You know my weakness; let my freedom make only right choices and thus come to be on Earth as it is in Heaven. May Mary and all the Saints continue to bring unity to the whole Church; joyful in Heaven, struggling on Earth and penitential in Purgatory.