01/06/2024

Our God who knows everything knows that yesterday I made myself totally useless in worldly terms. 

Those who are successful in their lives always accuse such as I who seek for reconciliation with God and his  promise of eternal life in the New Creation as being too weak to accept that this world  is "as good as it gets" and so clutch at an empty concept to protect ourselves from the reality that snuffs out the candle of our lives at death.

I have always been able to see the point of this opinion, but never been able to forget that Jesus is as historically a true person as were Pilate and Caiaphas who condemned him to the cross. Jesus is much more than a victim of the abuse of power, he is the incarnate "Word" the only begotten Son in whom we see the Father through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Today's psalm sings out from the depths of the human soul a longing to know God. St Jude preaches for us to be unified by the love of God we have inherited from the Apostles. In the Gospel, Jesus himself will not respond to the challenges of those who are the self-satisfied strong of this world.

I should never be ashamed at being "poor in spirit" for it is for the "useless", "weak and powerless" that Father, Son and Holy Spirit revealed 2000 years ago in Palestine, the "Love" that gives us life, not only as the weak on earth but also the chance to become part of the never-ending chorus of praise, the Mystical Body of the Church of Love here and in heaven. "When I am weak, I am strong."

Dear Lord, I thank you that I survived the mishap of yesterday. It happened totally because of my stupidity. I also thank you that I truly know that I do not need anything but to live out my years in prayer. You are the only one who can save me when I am falling, for you are  God who saves us  through Jesus Christ our Lord. May my prayers be united with those of Mary and all the saints with whom I can unite myself in the Church of Love and in my human weakness be open to the almighty power which is your ever living grace.