10/09/2024

When I consciously try to live a spiritual life based on the revealed will of FatherSonHolySpirit, I am a sinner trying to come back to the natural life that is the reason that I am alive. I am here in this world to, by my own will, accept the will of God for myself and out of the infinity of possibilities given by every breath I take become the being that God has created me to be.

This is the message of all the prophets. The history of the world has been recorded for thousands of years but the lives of the vast majority of individuals who are "the Greeks", "the Persians" and "the Romans" etc. are unknown to us.

All the Xerxes, Alexanders and other more modern "inspirational Heroes" have all challenged us to ignore "God" and follow them in trying to make possession of material goods and experiences the only "good" that can ever be known by our human being.

St Paul as a "prophet" of the Resurrection tried to form a community that is always aware that its true nature is to be the Spiritual Body of Christ on Earth, unsullied by the values of materialism. That is why he  is appalled that disputes between the "Saints of Corinth" have been referred to the secular lawmakers.

Today Jesus chooses the Apostles. This is an historical event that happened 2000 years ago. But, before and since that day FatherSonHolySpirit knows everyone of us and reveals his will in the center of our beings. All that we have to do is respond to this call and he will draw us into Love that is His Being, even though the World of Mammon/Satan clings to us with tenacity of a hungry Lion it will go hungry if we do not co-operate. We have to be the c.p.u.s of our own lives for that is the nature of the life entrusted to our care.

Dear Lord, You have always been aware of my immorality but have let me continue to be alive in this world. You have treated the whole of humanity in this way and allowed us to witness that mankind can even corrupt your foundation on Peter in which you enshrined your sacraments. I can only be thankful and hope that I am sincere in my conduct as I am in these words. Let me retain a spirit of gratitude and maybe one day to find words that truly express the center of my being that should be love for you but could just as easily be the self-love that has so dominated my life. May my prayers become part of the Heavenly Chorus led by Mary, the first to know your Incarnation and now present in the natural form of human being, body, mind and soul, in the spiritual heaven of Angels and Saints which ensures that your Mercy covers both the Earth and Purgatory so that we can do your will and forgive all whose Earthly presence is used to swell their egos and deny You my God.

 09/09/2024

I am still having the same trouble using the "on screen" keyboard as I did yesterday. 

This has prompted the thought that although I am completely sincere in that I am consciously turning my heart and mind to FatherSonHolySpirit this record is here only because human technology makes it possible for me so to do. 

St Paul and the other Apostles had to walk through the Provinces of the Roman or Persian Empires to spread the Good News. Those who wrote their letters and memoirs had the assistance of a "scribe" the human forerunner of the AI assistant which tries to preempt my words as they appear on this screen.

This morning, St Paul is appalled by a situation that is all too common in my own experience of life. "Who am to judge? answers the successor of St Peter to a question posed by those with even more ill-will than those who were always trying  to trap Jesus into an ill-considered answer. 

Jesus did not prevaricate.. He taught us "Yes" is yes and "No" is no.  Neither did St Paul. St Paul was appalled by the blatancy of sinners whose self-conceit enabled them to feel able to flaunt their sins even in front of the "Church".

 "Who am I to Judge?" Francis . St Paul, "I already condemned this man". I ask myself which of these two responses to the problem of sexual sin is gong to be of more help, by bringing me or any other sinner closer to Jesus', "Go your sins are forgiven", "I did not come to condemn this world but to save it", 

Prophets, Popes and Prelates can preach the Word of God, but Jesus is the Word that will stand until the end of time. He is all God and True man; our way, truth and life. Blessed be his Holy Name!

Dear Lord you know that I should be praying to raise my mind and heart to you, not to add to the billions of words that are clogging the internet. This tool, however does help me focus my mind, so today I do not feel ashamed to ask for your help in fixing it.  More importantly, I truly pray for my both living and dead family. May our prayers join with those of the Saints and Angels who led by Mary raise a never-ending chorus of praise, thanks-giving and petition for your mercy to overcome all that leads us to sin on earth and help the Holy Souls to bear the total shame that overcomes them in their realisation of what is the true enormity of what they have done that could have been  avoided during their lifetimes.

My prayer has been answered so I can edit the above with the ease of a real keyboard under my fingers. Thanks be to God. Amen

 08/09/2024

Today I won't be able to complete this my usual record of prayer for the day. There is problem with my keyboard and to click away at the onscreen keyboard is far too slow for my patience.

 07/09/2024

I have been out of contact with my RC Parish congregation for at least 4 years. I sometimes bump into someone I know and chat but as to human fellowship in Christ there is none. I thank God that if  I am in the wrong no-one can see it more than I do. I have never claimed for myself anything more than that which the FatherSonHolySpirit reveals to the whole world and I was saddened by my break with the Church, founded to be a source of holiness, on St Peter but soon becoming a sinful institution where egos clash and personal sin is hidden by the wonder of the Liturgy and consequent authority of the clergy.

'Twas always so". Today in his first response to the "Corinthian Problem", St Paul continues to upbraid his congregation. As usual he speaks only the truth even though it might seem that he is boasting. It is impossible for anyone of us not to be aware of the huge contrast between St Paul, "a fool for Christ" and our own ways of life. 

All the hierarchy of the Church, Religious Orders, Protestant Pastors and the anonymous congregations have to face up to, as I try to do, the fact that we can become mired in the material wonders of this world, entangled by the briers of dogma and dedicated to tradition rather than becoming the vessels of personal holiness that is the purpose of Calvary. 

Jesus is "Master of the Sabbath". We are the ones that create sin and yet Son was begotten as perfect man to die on the cross to be for us, the only way to salvation. I am, as usual, alone with my computer  with a being that is open to the Holy Spirit, trying to access the grace without which my life will fail, knowing that in the eyes of this world I am also another "fool" aspiring to become one with Paul and "the foolishness" that is the Cross of Jesus.

Dear Lord, I know that I will not be completely devoted to you throughout this day but will become engrossed in many of the truly trivial events of this our world. Help me to become a support for my family let my love be accepted for what it is, a sincere affection, for all with whom I have shared my life of many failures. I know that you cannot reject the sincere prayers of  a sinner and will by your grace fill my heart with the Love that is YOU, FatherSonHolySpirit . I claim that I am always ready to do your will but this could be vain boasting so I turn once more to seek the help of Mary and all the saints ever aware of your words to her and John that form with all the saints, and sinners on earth a New Holy Family of which I hope to remain a part until the end of time.

 06/09/2024

For a change, this morning the Pharisees and Scribes are not trying to be subtle. They ask the direct question and Jesus becomes subtle in his answer.

The old cloak cannot be repaired by using a piece from the new. The implication being that his revelation has to be accepted as something that replaces the old. It does not address each failure in the fabric of the old  "hole by hole" but completely replaces it with a new garment.

Similarly the "new wine" which he is "to tread out" from the "vine of his own body" needs a completely new container otherwise it will all be lost.

So now we have some more seeds of what is to become the discord of the very early Church again sown by the very words of Our Lord himself.

On the one hand Jesus tells us that he did not come to "abolish the Law but to complete it" and today's answer to an, on this occasion,  honest question can be understood as quite the opposite. 

St Paul was completely single-minded in his pursuit of his mission received directly from the Risen Lord. He could not value any human critical opinion about God's revelation. It is easy to see why he was so hated by his fellow Jews and a convincing witness for the Gentiles.

The Early Church Fathers devoted much of their time to trawling through the Old Testament for texts which pointed to the Messiah and today's Churches all maintain the continuity of  Revelation by teaching both Testaments. 

The words of today's Gospel, however, emphasise a break with the past as do the main events of Jesus' life on Earth together with the words of the Last Supper which completely shatter the Old Testament's concept of  IAMIAM.

Dear Lord, I think of you in terms of love which  I can only know as a human being. You know that I have always been bothered by the killing that was perpetrated in Your name in the Old Testament and which has been continued during the course of centuries since Your Resurrection, which tells us that we have to continually rethink our relationship with You, FatherSonHolySpirit. You know that the Jews of today have never rejected the Scribes and Pharisees of your day who were determined to refuse the message of Jesus. The terrible camps of the German war machine have created for us a reluctance to think any thought that would prompt an outcry "Antisemitism". But you are Truth and guard us from sin by your Love which is for all that you have created for it is "good". My sin comes only from my own pride and greed which only if all humans confess to You and seek forgiveness for will begin to help us to find peace on Earth and become closer to your "true image and likeness", Jesus of Nazareth. May my Spiritual Self not be subservient to my body and the prayers of my heart join those of Mary, Angels and Saints in praise of you and in clasping your Merciful Resurrection reveal the truth of being to all who are in need of your Mercy. There are still many Sauls who need to be stopped by the open show of your power. Mass slaughter of your beloved created humans can never be a good thing by whoever does it. Help me to become sinless that I may hold your Love in my heart and complete my days with integrity of body, mind and spirit. Let me become truly the human person that I have been created to be. Amen

 05/09/2024

We are all living in a world where everything changes as soon as it happens. Every time we stop to think about this phenomenon we try to capture what we can never control. The passing moment never returns but it, "this moment", is always the sum total of all the moments that I have ever experienced it is my only "now" of this world.

I am not wise but I am also not stupid enough to become obsessed by the worldly realities of the "times" in which we live. 

The first reading at today's mass is St Paul's letter to the "Church" in Corinth that had split into factions in the usual way of any group of humans and Paul is worried that the Word of God, which had captured him in that moment when eternity had touched time on his way to Damascus, has not stayed in the hearts of his converts as it had stayed in his.

The Gospel takes us back to that moment when Jesus began to call his Apostles. The miraculous draught of fishes was hard to be dragged into their boats but the Word of God standing on the shore had an instant effect. They just did as they had been told and left everything.

I guess that there were many others watching the four men struggling to land their huge catch but Jesus chose those four to become the first of the ones he would later call "friends".

We do not need what the world calls "wisdom" or intelligence, which is in these times being artificially created, to know that everything about this world rots and passes away. The moment that Jesus called Peter, Andrew, James and John has never passed away for it is the only the "Word of God" that will stand until the end of time.

Dear Lord, I know that you call to us all to accept and fulfill your will for us on Earth. St Paul condemns human thought as useless in your eyes, but humanity is much greater than its "wisdom" for you became incarnate and suffered death to redeem us all. I know that You love your creation and have never repeated the flood to wipe us all out. You call to us all to accept your Word and learn that the Word of the spirit is not "supernatural" but as natural to our beings, our nature, as all the created material of the Universe. Your Spiritual/Mystical body has never left this world alone and is to be found wherever it is recognised by our souls. The "rock" that is Peter can still be our foundation in faith, but your Holy Spirit can be with us at any of the passing moments we open our hearts to You. Your Love excludes not one of us. But each of has to positively answer your call as it is our nature to become one body in communion with Mary, Angels and saints as we worship you and pray for your forgiveness to overcome all sinners here and in Purgatory. Come Lord Jesus, come soon.

 04/08/2024

As I begin each morning's reflection I am very self-conscious. I am always aware that many valid criticisms could be levelled at me. That there are many in the world who would be able to feel contempt for my attitude to life which comes from belief in God. I don't feel any need to defend my point of view for I know that I am getting closer to the human being who I have been created to be, a friend of Jesus.

I am trying to be a child of Our Father and so I am somewhat perplexed by Paul's statement in the first reading that he first fed his Corinthians on milk. Paul is upset that quarrels have broken out among his converts. How can the Resurrection of Christ ever be considered to be as easy to digest as milk is to a baby? St Paul is above all the preacher of the Resurrection. How can this reality that stopped him in his tracks ever be weak or strong? It is always the blinding light on the road to Damascus; the sign of our salvation.

Jesus has left Nazareth and is staying with Peter's family. The first preachers of our Faith read into and from the Old Testament allegories that predated what they had come to know as the teaching of Christ. The very first antagonists to Our Lord's Message chose not to believe the reality that had been witnessed outside the city walls of Jerusalem.

In our New Testament there are many moments when the details of the reality of the remembered events of the life of Jesus, cannot be denied. Our Lady's "They have no wine" is one these. The woman of Sidon, "cannot the house dogs eat scraps from the master's table?". One of these moments, which usually involve women, happens in today's Gospel at the home of Peter. The bed-stricken mother-law "Got up and began to wait on them".

This is still the reality of life for many women. Mary, sister of Lazarus, chose the better part but Monica's role is still an absolutely essential one on Earth, but why should it be for women only?

Dear Lord, it is quite clear from the memoirs of the Evangelists that the story of your Incarnation is as historically true as the destruction of Herod's Temple. Today your children are still living in the material Universe that you have created for us to use in our material lives. It also should teach us that if we confine ourselves to it we live "unspiritual lives". You are incarnate to teach us to live in the Spirit, to know that the reality of our bodies fades away but you are waiting to welcome our souls into  Spiritual eternity. We all have to search for the life of the spirit which is not disbodied intelligence but a return to the Love, FatherSonHolySpirit, that searches us out to ask for our co-operation. You always went to a quiet place to join the Father in prayer. You know that my "my quiet place" is not quiet for very long and that sin is not very far away from me. You have no need of any individual but when we know your love it is very easy, we are all human beings, for us to become self-satisfied. May I become a part with Mary and all the saints of the Spiritual Body that is You, still on Earth, but in complete communion with the will of our heavenly Father and pray for your mercy to be showered over  all sinners, living and dead. Amen