23/01/2024

We can only know God in this world in the human time that is given to us. Human time is the Providence of God who breathes the spiritual life of eternity into us at the moment of our conception. Our bodies are controlled by the rules, the instincts of nature but we are not confined to a predetermined path through life. Our souls have been given the freedom to choose for ourselves how to live our bodily lives in this world.

In today's Gospel Jesus' family on earth have come to see what they have heard about, "the blind see, the lame walk, the poor have the Gospel preached to them" and Jesus chooses this moment to proclaim what is his Mystical Body on earth. He was probably in Capernaum but  certainly in Galilee where there lived many Gentiles. 

He is told that those with whom he had shared the first years of his human life are trying to join the crowds that surround him.The Son of God announces that his true family does not come from the ties of nature but from the free choices made by our souls to do the revealed will of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

This is not a refusal to see his Mother and her relatives but a clarification for all time that each one of us has to know and conform to the will of Father, Son and Holy Spirit that is the Revelation of the Glory and Righteousness of "Our Father who art in Heaven". Then we can join him in the Mystical Body that is His Church, struggling on Earth, penitent in Purgatory and expectantly rejoicing in the timeless Glory that precedes the Second Coming.

Dear Lord, the prayers of my being are known to you. You know that I am truly devoted to your name and hope for only that which is your righteousness in my being. You have taught me by your life, death and resurrection that I am not worthless and that it is possible to become part of your Mystical Body as is Mary and all the saints. Let my prayers be joined to theirs as we ceaselessly proclaim your Glory and thank you for your Grace. Amen