21/06/2025

St Paul continues to "boast" by opening the very depths of his being to the scrutiny of those with whom he has been entrusted to share the fruits of his conversion. 

He has accepted the gifts of the Holy Spirit and knows that it is these gifts that he must share. He is experiencing a new reality. Christ lives in him and can also be shared by each one of us for IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT never diminishes no matter how many of us accept his free gift of himself.

St Paul is now the person he was created to become; he is a Christian, a human being living in this material universe, who knows that the things of this world are mere distractions that we have to ignore in order to concentrate on becoming the "losers" much despised by the rich and powerful of this world who ignore the words of the Lord's Prayer and fervently seek out temptation that they may bring even more evil into the world.

I too can boast with St Paul for we have all been given the same opportunity to be saved by the Incarnation's completed revelation. I too can strive to become "a loser" by rejecting materialism and pray constantly in the way that Jesus taught us.

In this morning's Gospel Jesus' words make it quite clear that our total adherence to the words of our Rabbi is not easy. Most of the time allotted to me  has been completely tied up in the things of this world. 

If I am to become truly a "Christian Loser" I have also to avoid despising as "Evil Bastards" all the Enemies of God who are the "The Rich and the powerful, the Good and the Great, the Learned and the Clever, the Scum of the Earth" for even those who today are ordering hundreds of us to kill and to be killed are "Our neighbour" whom we always have to "love" as much as we do ourselves .