10/12/2023

I want to begin each day in the presence of the Lord. I want acknowledge that Father, Son and Holy Spirit is the creator of all that I am aware of and that he has confirmed his Almighty Being, the Evergreater One, throughout his Providence which becomes our History and present moment as a result of the billions of individual free choices made by men and women during their lifetimes.

God's being is first made known through the prophets of the Old Testament. They were touched by God to proclaim his Glory. We expect prophets to forecast future events and expect them to interpret "fate", but we cannot know the "History" of the future for it is what has been already done and is being done now that determines tomorrow. The future is known by God but is not planned.

Isaiah is overwhelmed by God and expresses this in an exuberance of words and images. St Peter, whom we know from the Gospels is not one for deliberating before words and reactions, writes to the Church which Jesus built on him, of patience. 

The earliest Christians expected Jesus to return in their lifetimes. Peter has learned from his mistakes that words that come from God are not about today and tomorrow but are without time, as is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Mark who had learnt from the first disciples writes that Isaiah, inspired by God, is the first to know that the "Good News" is coming to the world. He and the earliest Church, being Jews, know that Jesus is the unimaginable Son of God whom they know as IAMIAM and search for hints of him in all the Scriptural texts that are familiar from Sabbaths spent in the Temple or Synagogues.

If we open our hearts and minds to God by accepting his grace and avoiding sin we can begin to pray knowing that we are being carried by the Good Shepherd like the newborn lambs and resting ewes into the being that is beyond time and space; the loving kindness that is the perfect peace of Heaven.

Dear Lord, let me continue in prayer this day; let me give thanks for all your blessings. Let my will always be aligned with yours and let the human race be lead by the perfection of your mother into the place that you have prepared for all men of good will. Amen