31/10/2023

Many millions of words have been written about the "Glory of God". Very few people have actually experienced the physical manifestation of this "Glory". St Paul was one of them, another was Moses. Both of these men had something even much more than a spiritual revelation. Moses had to wear a veil to protect the Israelites from the traces of that Glory remaining in his visage  and St Paul had to have the veil removed from his eyes so that he might see again.

Our world is full of wonders. Our world turning around itself and orbiting the Sun has been inhabited by fabulous animals and is today being modified/damaged by the most wondrous of all creatures. Our world has been picked out from the teeming millions of stars and planets to be the place which is blessed by the Incarnation. 

St Paul knows that our Saviour has been as much a part of the created universe as we are ourselves. He also knows that God is ever-greater. After the Ascension, God the Holy Spirit has remained with us in the Sacramental life of the Church, in the Love that is Being for Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and in the Communion of Saints lead by his Virgin Mother, Our Lady, Theotokos.

St Paul knows that Creation will not be perfected until  we are together with Our Saviour at the end of time in the Glory that is the newly created Cosmos. This is the Hoped for Eternity that the Resurrection reveals to us.

Dear Lord may I live out this day secure in the hope that derives from your Love. May my soul know that it is not only the body that sins but that my freedom is responsible to avoid sin so that my being, body and soul, can be welcomed into your new creation at the end of the time of this world. May Mary and all the saints continue to pray for us and all the faithful departed. Especially today as we prepare for the Feast of All Saints. Amen