02/08/2024

I have experienced jealousy at what has been achieved by my relatives and former school mates as adults. Envy is a very unpleasant sin and can consume the soul of the one who is tainted by it. 

We know very little of Jesus' childhood beyond that he was "subject to his mother and father". His neighbours must have forgotten the time when he was lost and then found in the Temple chatting with Scribes and Pharisees in that they were shocked by his knowledge and eloquence when he spoke in the Synagogue.

During the three years that Jesus prepared the Jews for the final revelation he had many arguments with those who really listened to his words and understood their meanings. Jesus was indeed guilty of the "blasphemies" attributed to him by the both Sadducees and Pharisees.

Jesus taught for three years. He gave signs to the Jews for three years. He completed his mission on Calvary and on the third day the Glory of a new eternal creation burst forth in Jerusalem and all our sins can be resisted and forgiven.

Jesus, the Son, of Father, Son and Holy Spirit is our eternal and infallible Way, Truth and Life. We have to devote ourselves to doing his will and resist the temptation to live only in our worldly bodies, with minds filled by the Media. We have to resist the temptation to think that by doing harm to no-one we are obeying the second commandment. Love has always got to be a positive outgoing state of being.

Jesus is the totality of Divine and Human love but during his life-time he alienated his own family and near neighbours. He never forgot the first Commandment and he teaches us to do the same. Let us all learn to love God and thus grow in his image and likeness.

Dear Lord, I suppose that Mary was hurt by the way your relatives were ashamed of you. She knew you from the moment of conception and loved you as she cared for your infant humanity. You accepted that love as do all babies who are not harmed by their parents and were happy in her arms. You, who are Lord of All in the Trinity, weakly accepted the ministrations of your mother who although conceived and born sinless herself is still a creature as are we all. At the moment of your death agony you turned to her and John and created in your dying words to humanity a New Holy Family that is the Church of the Spirit that keeps you in its heart. Help me to be true to all that you and the Institutional Church teach so that I can continue on the way, the truth and the life that you have pointed out to me. May my prayers be heard and may this day be without sin. Amen