25/08/2023

Each one of us is responsible for our own life. My life has to be an acceptance of God's will. God knows the billions of us who have ever lived. He teaches that each soul is equal in his eyes. In our eyes however there are vast differences amongst us in all that makes us human.

"The chosen people" are "chosen" not to be better than other people but to be the first recipients of God's revelation of his own being. For all the prophets God became visible. There were three "strangers" at the oak at Mamre, Jacob wrestled with an Angel, Moses was marked for ever by what began as a crackling fire in a thorn. 

In the Gospel Reading for today Jesus is confronted by human knowledge and piety accumulated over the centuries. Wilful mankind, in the person of the Old Testament, challenges  Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the person of Jesus, true man and true God. The pharisees had devoted every day of their lives to the study of the scriptures and knew that an attempt by anyone to answer "Which is the most important of the Commandments?" was likely to result in confusion for Jesus for whatever his answer it would be open to further challenges.

God does not leave us alone to search out and do his will. His revelations are all recorded in the Bible. We each have to use our freedom to live our lives within the bounds of his Love. This has to be a daily resolution as it is so easy to let the results of God's Providence occlude the Glory of his Being. 

The Universe which is created out of nothing for us by God, the wonderful scientific achievements of mankind within that creation, the great minds that have lived throughout the ages are all "good" but they are not God. God is the broken body on the cross which promises each one of us a personal Resurrection  in the  glorious eternity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Dear Lord, let my thoughts and prayers be a reflection of your Love for me. Let me not be overcome by Devil, world and flesh. Let me stay within the bounds of  of the freedom that is part of my being. May my prayers together with the prayers of Mary and all the Saints become united in a Church unrestricted by modern Scribes and Pharisees. May the Holy Souls in Purgatory and our sinful souls on earth receive the Mercy that you pour out from your bodily wounds inflicted by sin on Calvary and may all the world hear "Come beloved of my Father"when God becomes "All in All".