30/03/2026

In today's first reading, three thousand years ago, inspired by God, the prophet Isaiah proclaims the Glory that Our Father reveals to us when we cooperate with his holiness by opening our spiritual eyes to his self-revelation made through patriarchs and prophets.

Even though the Psalmist can sing, 

The Lord is my light and my salvation;

whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life; whom should I dread? 

over the next thousand years, the then living people of God were not able to be consistent in their acceptance of the covenant that they and their forefathers had received through the prophets and they often ignored the will of God.

When we reflect on the state of humanity today we have to remember that the Jews of the Old Testament had failed to  answer the "call to righteousness". This is not my human judgement but the reality of the Divine reset of the loving relationship that IAMFTHERSONHOLYSPIRIT constantly reveals throughout the Old and New Testaments and specifically began when 

"the angel of the Lord appeared unto Mary and she conceived by the Holy Ghost".

I don't see how today we are any better than "those days" for we still are the same mixture of proud sinners, hypocrites, lukewarm and sincere believers  met by Jesus 2000 years ago.

The Incarnation is not a reward for mankind but is the final intervention by Almighty God to enable those of us who  listen to the WORD to co-operate in doing his will during our temporal lifetimes.

The Church was founded to preserve the "body and blood" as  Sacrament, a new form of being. She still exists but for too long was a part of this world and thus contradicted Jesus declaration before Pilate.

"My kingdom is not of this world".

I do know that I may be mistaken, but I do know that "The Temple" is no more and Church has never been consistently true to the words of its founder. I am also sure, however,  that I can still have the Faith that is beyond all understanding in the words to Mary and John uttered on Calvary as God died to bring into creation the grace that is merciful redemption and certainty of happiness, the Church of Love, the New Holy Family.

"Woman behold your son. Son behold your mother."