22/01/2024

Sometimes the mass readings of the day shout out to me. At other times they seem to be repetitiously the same. This is has got to be a fault in me for no-none can have too much of the Lord. I know that even saints who had been overcome by the Lord sometimes had faced "dryness" in their prayer-life on earth.

I know that there is a lot that I can do by remembering that all that has ever been good in my life has happened when I have truly opened my heart and soul to the Loving Mercy that never ceases to flow from Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 

In today's Gospel Jesus warns that although he is forgiveness for all people the sin against the Holy Spirit cannot be forgiven. This is a fearful warning as he does not detail what this sin can be. 

Our Loving Saviour is not trying to catch us out and it is easy for us to provide examples of what could be unforgivable in the history of the World even before the Crucifixion. We all know that " sins", especially "mine", can be forgiven but we are not so sure about the sins of others.

In our lifetimes as we try to avoid sin by never saying "no" to God we can never attain the perfection that was Jesus' life on earth. I have many times been knocked down by choosing sin rather than God but I have never been convinced by Satan that pleasures of the flesh and earthly reward should have been my goal in life.

Dear Lord , I thank you for your grace which although confused by my self, my ego, my being, I can hang onto and know that I can be saved by your Mercy. I have to know that I am not alone and that even Judas was another brother for whose sins you accepted the torments of Calvary. May the prayers of Mary and all the Saints who know you as you are without beginning and end, glorious and mighty, bring your mercy to us, sinners on Earth and those atoning in Purgatory and may the unforgivable sin never be committed. Amen