16/07/2023

Today the Church asks us to think about our response to God's reaching out to us in his creation. The Old Testament contains the history of God's care for the Chosen People. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit nurture the devotion of the Jews and accept the worship they return; the worship of a whole people. Isaiah is gifted by God to speak his "Word" and the message which is the Kingdom of God is heard by all the people. Today that same manifestation of Love is revealed with the same force to all our individual souls. 

St. Paul knows that Creation is still continuing  He is inspired by an intuitive glimpse of what will become "The Big Bang Theory" of our astronomy. He teaches that God's Act of creation is not complete.We too are not complete and our freedom of mind and will is restricted by our bodies. The first step to freedom is to complete our human lives and follow the Word back to its source.

"In the beginning was the Word". Today the Incarnate Word, Jesus, sits and tells us the story of his interaction with us his people on Earth. We have heard it many times. We think that we understand its significance. All the listeners at that time would know the Truth first revealed to  Isaiah and here quoted by Jesus.

Sitting in the boat, he proclaims himself to be the object of all revelation. God does not have secrets that he does not reveal to us in Love. The Word has always been present in creation. We have not been programmed for failure. The "rich soil" is not material potential or deed but the the essential being, the Soul, of everyman controlled by his personal freedom to chose love or death as revealed in the reality of our world, the Providence of God.

Dear Lord, help me to stay true to your word and cultivate the garden that is my being. You know that trying to understanding your material universe has used up the time of many souls and that they have become so enamoured of themselves that their pride has become a rock-like carapace which has to be blasted open if they are to listen. For many of us the edge of the path has become covered in wonderful primroses which we follow wholeheartedly in the quest for bodily pleasure; for others our childhood learned  piety has been choked as we have become adults devoted to these "adult" pleasures. May Mary and all the saints pray for the inspiration of your Love to inspire our shepherds and gardeners that we the sheep and the soil become fruitful in their service to you and care for us. But most of all "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive all others" so that we can become again the " beloved little children" in the dust at your feet.