16/04/2026

Each day that I do so it is by a deliberate act of will that I read/acknowledge the liturgical readings for the day and each day in so doing I confirm that  I am a unique being, there is only one "I", whose reality is not tied to this present "time and place".

Today the Church continues to present  what St Luke received and witnessed about the Apostolic Church and the problems that the first believers had had to face because of their proclamation of the Resurrection and of the Way, Truth and Life that had led up to it. They declared that Jesus is the Son of God and thus became hated by the Temple authorities and their supporters.

Each of the individuals who were the actors in that "time and place" were all as free as I am today and made their own choice to accept or reject the Resurrection proclaimed by Peter and the other "friends" in the Portico of Solomon. The Temple chose to say "No" and continues to do so.

Nicodemus, who was a leader of the Temple, consulted Jesus privately,  precisely because he did not wish to compromise himself with the Sanhedrin, did not learn a "great secret" for IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT broadcasts his WORD to the whole world and HOLYSPIRIT speaks directly into hearts that are opened by our own individual acts of freewill.

I know that my daily act of free-will can bring me into the fellowship of the Church of Love, the New Holy Family but will only do so if my deeds match my words and it thus  I become enabled by grace to reject "!time and place" and seek to become part of the timeless and placeless  eternity which God has prepared for all of his children..

St Nicodemus, pray for me especially that I may avoid the sin of which Jesus warned so many of your brethren. Amen.