08/01/2024

Our world is now a unimaginable tangle of words. When I first open my computer there are numerous threads demanding my attention. It takes a real act of will to keep my mind focussed on my intention to begin this day with prayer in which God takes first place for only he is real and all the other words are mere distractions.

There is nothing greater than our Father, Son and Holy Spirit and there is only one "my soul" with which I can can know, love and serve the Eternal Wisdom, Glory and Love that is the Lord.

Within the words of this world, communication threads, that are so tangled that they appear to be as solid as lead, the truth that is the Word of God is to be found in the gift of Grace that is the Holy Spirit, the unseen promptings to Holiness that we refuse at our peril. This faith in God is  confirmed by Scripture which is the infallible record of God's revelations to the Creation which he knows to be Good.

Faith in God has to set its face against anything that is not of God. Isaiah sings "People of Zion sing and shout for joy, for great in your midst is the Holy one of Israel". His linear descendants in denial of God continue to slaughter all who will not accept their selfish pride. 

"The truth I have now come to realise is that God does not have favourites, but that anybody of any nationality who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him." are the words of St Peter to the household of Cornelius. His linear descendants soon lost the thread that leads to the "Kingdom not of this world" and became overcome by Mammon which still feeds their selfish pride.

"Who can overcome the world? Only the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God".

Dear Lord you are the only one whose judgement of my being has any importance. you know that I am always aware of being in this world and looking at myself as others would see me. Vanity is the great destroyer of integrity and of your Truth. Help me to know that nothing is more important for any life on Earth than to live in obedience to your will and to always accept your Golden Rule. May Mary  pray that your Institutional Church put aside the worldly wealth that she has accrued over the centuries and return to being the the Guardian of the Sacraments of the Resurrected Lord. May your Mercy be sought out by all sinners on Earth and accepted in humility by those in Purgatory.Amen