02/12/2024

Each morning I have to confirm my believe in God by these my personal prayers of the Faith that I support by reflections on the Scriptures. The Scriptures that I read are those chosen for the mass of the day by the Catholic Church.

The Jews who became the first Christians had already belief in the supreme being whom they did not name except by what I  express as IAMIAM. They also had a belief in what they termed the Law. It was by their devotion to this Law that they were able to aim for Righteousness.

As a modern Catholic Christian I am aware that there must have been something intolerable in creation, the world of 2000 years ago, for FATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT  as he emptied himself of his divine immensity and chose to follow that same life route  as all his created mammals to become as human as we all are. He thus still trusted humanity to make his final revelation but in order to do so it is he who becomes true man from conception to the grave.

Jesus praises the Centurion  for his "faith" which the Centurion explains by a simple analogy between his own power derived from military discipline and the power he recognises in Jesus' own person. 

As we prepare for Christmas we will find many such incidents in the Scriptures in which the power of God is displayed by the man Jesus. The Angels sing, the shepherds worship, the Sages bring gifts and Herod, the non-Jew King appointed by the Romans will make the first attempt to kill the Son of God.

Dear Lord you know how I am perturbed that you yourself become man to ensure for me and for all of us salvation by following your way, truth and life. You know that we are still not really following your will on earth in these modern times. Is your Church any better than were the scribes, priests and pharisees of your day? Are we anymore righteous than the crowds who chanted "Crucify him, Crucify him"? Help me to access your grace so that I can do your will on Earth and join my prayers with those of Mary and all the heavenly chorus that my life will become all that you will me to be. Help me to know, love and serve by following you to my own personal death and thus be ready for the Loving Mercy that is your eternal being. Amen.