23/04/2024

Many Saints have been canonized by the Church but it is not the Church that has brought them to salvation. I do not know how St George came to be declared a Saint. I do know that the legends of his battle with the dragon are indeed products of the equivalent of today's Netflix.

There are many of the early saints whose origins were in the mythology that was retained in  folk memories even after baptism. The earliest form of the peaceful travel industry grew out of pilgrimage to visit the relics of saints claimed to be in various places throughout Europe and the Middle-East. 

The Crusades, one of the most shameful episodes in the History of the Church founded on St Peter by Jesus "My Kingdom is not of this world", is what cemented the cult of St George into the cultures of many countries including England. 

Father, Son and Holy Spirit who knows us all and how we respond in life to his self-revelations has welcomed many of us into his Eternity since his creation of heaven and earth. He has prepared a place for each of us. His life, death and resurrection show us how to live. Jesus has told us that there are many places in his "sheepfold", that "my Father's house has many mansions".

We have been entrusted with our souls which are free from imprinted control and we are entirely free to choose whether or not to prepare ourselves to be welcomed into the place of peace where we will join our fellow saints, those whose names we know, and the majority who as we are, known only to God and to the Spiritual Community founded from the cross "Woman behold your son, son behold your mother."

Dear Lord I know that there are many souls here on earth who have been alienated by the faults exhibited by your foundation on Peter. I know my own sins but hope to be forgiven by my genuine regret and most of all by your Infinite Mercy. Help me to remain prayerful throughout this day and let me join with Mary and John in that New Holy Family that you revealed out of your agony on Calvary. Let me be with you until the end of time. Amen