02/026/2026

We do not love and cling to Jesus because he was able to defeat the arguments and escape the logical traps of all who attacked him. 

I am trying, once again, to raise my heart and mind to and with "Our Father" in order to get through "the toil and pain" of the additional sixth year that has been added to my span.

I always read again what I have left written and have no illusions that "the letters" could attract any followers but I do know that I am always trying honestly to express in words the longing to do what is right today and for the remainder of my life for I know that I want to sit at the feet of Jesus as did Mary of Bethany in the calm and peace that is the "WORD of Eternal Life".

When faced with Jesus' declaration of his equality with the Father, that drove away many of the disciples, Peter asked "Where should we go Lord? You have the words of Eternal Life". In his letter to the first post-Resurrection generation of the Church he tells us that we are are still to place all our trust in Jesus who is himself WORD and whose words and deeds show us how to use our life in this world to prepare us for a never-ending share of the True Life it is to know and be known by the Eternal Glory of IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT.

Before I even opened the Mass Readings for today, I clicked into the "kingdom that is this world" and quickly became engrossed in the events and opinions that are fully occupying the minds of the "Caesars", their minions, commentators and those of us whose "daily lives" in this world are controlled by politicians.

I was quite shocked therefore when the Gospel for today presented me with the perfect complement to the "My kingdom is not of this world" which is never far from my mind especially when I am unable to detach myself from the affairs of "Caesar" which I am sure have corrupted more souls than mine.

I could "marvel" at this coincidence as did the Pharisees in today's Gospel at the wit and wisdom of Jesus. As always, however, with Jesus there is something more than marvellous here, the total perfection, beauty, virtue , power that is our triune God, IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT has emptied himself of all that we worship and taken on the humanity that begins in bodily conception and is completed by death in order to complete the perfect sacrifice that is the only way for human sin to be obliterated.

Only the scriptures contain the words that come close to the reality that was the Crucifixion. The surrealist painting based on the sketch of St John of the Cross touches on the transcendental power and glory but we have to know that the depths of our remorse for our sins cannot come close to the agony that Jesus chose to bear on our behalf in order to create the "outward signs of inward grace" and the spiritual New Holy Family in which we can be sure that Jesus is still with us in this world.

"Woman behold thy son. Son behold thy mother."