29/09/2023

The greatness of Father Son and Holy Spirit is such that there is nothing that he lacks. The nature of his being, Love, is a continuously self-fulfilling creation of beings. It has been revealed to us by this Love that there are other than ourselves sentient beings who as spirit are in eternity but are also able to act in worldly time to do the will of the Father. 

Mary received news of her vocation by the "message of an angel". There is sometimes a wish to understand why God acts in the way he does. We ask ourselves "Why Mary?"or "Why an angel?". 

Before God's revelation to the Jews all humanity was telling itself stories to explain each individual's self-awareness. After Adam there was no more Evolution. Each human being was completed with image and likeness of God in its "isness", its being and also aware of the realness of the world around it, "the other than itself".

We are not illusions. We are the creations of God, we have the ability to choose how to live our lives and our infinite God has an infinite number of choices for us to make each moment we are alive in worldly time. Only God has the ability to process the billions of free choices made by each of us and their interactions with the billions of other choices made by those with whom we are coexistent. He is our Ever Greater Father and although he has revealed the right pathway for us to follow we are free to act in his creation as we wish and thus cooperate or not in his Providence. There is no such thing as a predetermined fate.

The Apocalypse is a Jewish vision of the spiritual universe modified by the final revelation of Jesus. It is fittingly the last book of the Bible as in its images it clearly hides more of God than it reveals. I do not know what part my Guardian Angel has played in my life but I can remember one occasion that I had resigned myself to death but was able through "my own?" efforts to disentangle myself from the netting and reach the surface.

Dear Lord, Let me continue to live not only aware of, but also thankful for your love. Nathanial was promised a sight of heaven's unending contact with earth through the mediation of your spiritual messengers confirming that  we are not left alone to complete our lives in dedication to you. Mary was totally shocked by Gabriel's message, may her prayers, the prayers of all the saints and the Chorus of Angels be heard in our hearts and imitated here on earth. Overpower the evil that is the Father of Lies. You are our God and your Loving Mercy fills our world with joy. Let my soul live only to know your loving salvation. Amen