07/04/2025

When I am faced with a slow start to my morning prayers as I am today, I have to try to turn myself completely over to God. Everything about the way I pray requires a deliberate effort on my part,

First I always try to be sure that I am not watching myself and building up out of and for myself a false image of pious devotion, an "auto-idol" that is taking the place of God.

I always try to refer at least once to God as "IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT" for the one being "IAM" is always the three persons that have been revealed to us. When we think of one, all three persons are always present.

I always try to never avoid the questions that I raise when following an idea. So now from the previous sentence I have to ask "What about the cross?" Is IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT present in the SON, "true man and true God" dead on the cross and in the tomb.

This question is not raised as a challenge but with the open heart and mind of a child seeking to learn from Our Father how to live guided by a rational Faith.

I totally believe that the events that we will remember in Holy Week are as historically true as is this moment which will become "history" recorded on this machine tomorrow. We are living 2000 years after the Resurrection but have to live out our lives with the faith and devotion completely in tune with that of the very first Christians. We are of one generation in faith. 

Jesus has spoken for the final time. "On this rock, I will build my Church", "My kingdom is not of this world", "Woman behold your son". "It is finished". 

Everything we need to become the "holy ones of God" is now freely available but we have to choose it for ourselves. We have to say "yes" to God and live according to his will. It is for this that we were born into the world as a prelude to God's plan for the New Creation where he will be "All in All".

"I am the light of the world, whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, 

but will have the light of life."