21/09/2024

I have often been condemned both in my youth and adulthood for claiming to have faith but living as if I had none. I was being judged by others.

Today the Psalmist looks into the night and sees the almost solid mass that are the stars and in his awe and humility proclaims the Glory of God. That moment of "awesome wonder" has been shared by all who look up into an unpolluted night sky but it has also been denied by many who in their human pride can explain the physical universe and condemn as ignorance the God-inspired awe of our far distant ancestors.

St Paul knows better for he insists that we have all been born and called by God to do his work on Earth. We are also warned that on completion of our Earthly existence we will be judged not on the state of our bank balance, status in the world or number of offspring but on the way that we have responded to the call to holiness that is his sole purpose in creating us.

The night sky is an indication of the greatness of the God who created us; so are the tiny, short-lived particles that make up the atoms that are the common building blocks of all material being. The true greatness that is FatherSonHolySpirit, however is not a material substance that can be measured by us but is in fact what we call Spirit, the naturally unseen that at this moment is trying to explain me to myself, to open my heart to God, to accept the enormity of "Image and Likeness".

Our souls are greater than anything that mankind can achieve. It is no wonder that we lesser mortals ponder the things such as this that helps me record my thoughts and prayers in slices of mineral and are overcome by wonder at what is the shining  greatness of mankind.

Our God, the Evergreater, however guides us to Truth by his revelations. St Paul enumerates the ways in which FatherSonHolySpirit calls us to serve him in our life times. God's priorities for us have never included coding or chip-making, or their technical predecessors; they  together with money making are the great temptation that is "Mammon".

The Incarnation, Jesus, has the one purpose of calling us all to live virtuous lives by listening to the Word of God and avoiding sin. It is thus that we will discover the greatness of God and realise our own true greatness as we leave all the world behind and hopefully accept the freedom of the Children of God.

Dear Lord, my head is bowed, I am one being only, I listen to your word but know that I can easily fall into temptation, save me from the sin of Mammon that dominates every second of my waking life. Help me to be quiet in my heart and act only out of kindness. Let me  listen to YourHolySpirit and never choose to harm my "image and likeness" which you have created to bring eternal life to this weak vessel that is my mind and body. May my prayers and all those of all the world join in the chorus of heaven that is led by your mother, imploring that we on Earth live the lives that we have been created for and that we recognise our sins and look on Calvary as the source of merciful forgive that it is for all humanity. Amen