14/06/2026

Eleventh Sunday Ordinary Time

Yet again, I have to face the fact that the Old Testament is the history of God's relationship with the Jews. They are his Chosen People. God did not make a Covenant with any other "people".

God knows that it is hard for me and the millions of other "Gentiles" who have ever been created to understand why our ancestors were excluded by Our Creator. 

I know that as a sinner, I have often excluded myself from the LOVE that created me, but I am deeply saddened by the totally undeserved exclusion during the time covered by the Old Testament of so many souls from the revelation that today, provides me with the opportunity to make informed and guided choices about the basic facts of self-awareness and life in this world.

In today's Gospel, the Incarnation, Jesus of Nazareth who is inaugurating the reset of the old order of Salvation, emphasises that his first purpose is to reform his "Chosen Ones". Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Dear Lord, You know how I have come to accept that my sole purpose in life is to aim for "holiness because you are holy". You also know that I am aware of my constant failures and restarts. You know that even in my worst moments I have never forgotten Your merciful LOVE for me and all mankind. Help me to accept that I am not able to understand that you are incapable of doing anything that is harmful and that you even forgave the "ignorance" that  nailed you to the cross . Guide me into the confidence that welcomes anything You choose  to reveal to us. Let my heart and mind become untroubled as I thank you for my place in your Spiritual Church of Love, your New Holy Family.

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