06/06/2025

Jesus lived his life on Earth as "True Man". As true man he shared not only in religious festivities and prayer meetings. When the teaching that we have read over the last few days, took place he was not standing as a speaker at a formal dinner party or a preacher before a congregation. He was seated/reclined at table sharing a meal with his friends.

Today he has himself prepared on the beach one of those impromptu "family" gatherings, in this case a barbeque, that are often more enjoyable than more formal "get-togethers" to be enjoyed by his friends whom he will leave behind to repeat his mission of enlightenment until the end of time.

The deeds and words of his lifetime are to be recorded to guide us through our lives, but only two of the evangelists ( one possible and one sure ) are sitting on the coarse sand of the lakeshore in the pleasantly cool morning air. 

John and Peter, James ,Thomas, Nathanael, who are possibly calculating in their heads for how much they will be able to sell their fish, are still overawed in the presence of the Resurrection. Jesus is definitely their friend whose corpse disfigured by wounds had been buried by the charity of Joseph and Nicodemus but the "something greater here" is no longer disguised.

Of those present on this morning of farewell only John had witnessed the bitter end on Calvary. Peter, the designated leader, had actually denied his friendship with Jesus. The three denials during the trial at Jerusalem are now formally forgiven and the purpose of the institutional Church is established for ever.

It is sure from the words of Jesus that the Church founded by Jesus of Nazareth has to copy his life and always, in every way be directed out of itself and focussed on the eternal benefit of the "sheep". We must all be sure that there is not one material thing that is of this world that will last or live for ever and base all of our living in the real-time of "now" on the Eternal Love of God.

Peter knew this as he asked "What about this man". The evangelist John, himself provides Jesus'  enigmatical reply, but when he recalled these events and words in his old age he had been long living in the pure love of Mary who during her sinless life had never asked anything for herself other than 

"Be it done unto me according to thy word".

Dear Lord, help me to live this day guided by the prayers of Our Lady and all the Saints let me truly belong to the New Holy Family that you created during your pain and true death on Calvary. Help me to become dead to temptation and truly contrite for all the sins of my life. Let my loved ones become aware of these my words of Faith. Amen.

 05/06/2025

In today's psalm there is expressed in words the human longing for peaceful calm that can only be fulfilled when a soul has completed its span on this Earth. 

To achieve that we have to commit ourselves to living in the will of God by acknowledging/accepting responsibility for our sins and thanking IAMFATHERHOLYSPIRIT for the historical events with which he created the free-gift of Mercy which we are all to seek.

St Paul is presented to the Jewish Council for judgement by a Roman Governor who could not "get his head round" the religious squabbles of the Jews whom he had to rule. The parallel with the trial of Jesus is too obvious to be mentioned by those for whom the Resurrection was a recent event and the Second Coming an imminent expectation.

St John's Gospel of Love continues to emerge from Jesus' prayer before he begins his passion. The words are a record of the effect of the real-time deeds in the Garden and on the Hill. By the deeds of "True man and true God" in this world has been  created for us the legacy of grace that has as its sole purpose the salvation of each one of us who is personally known by the Supreme Being, that is IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT, "Our Father", Abba. Dad.

When we remember the suffering that Jesus underwent that we might be saved we should all be silent for it is totally impossible for man to reciprocate such Love. 

Nothing is impossible for God.

 04/06/2025

In the continuation of his Gospel, The Acts of the Apostles,  St Luke recalls the events that followed the Resurrection.

The Church is surely right in that she brings these events to the attention of us, the believers who need to base our lives on "every word that comes from the mouth of God" and on the events that give rise to our "Scriptures" as we live in these days that were the "those days" of two thousand years ago.

We all have an obligation to live in this world lives that reflect the life of Jesus. Jesus is the "True Man" the perfection of humanity. 

The Gospels record the three years that  IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT showed himself, taught by word and deed the way that each individual who ever lives can respond to Our Father in order that we by doing his will, can attain our share in the Glory of Eternity. 

Our Father offers his loving support to all of us. None of us is ever truly alone except when we cling onto sin and deliberately separate ourselves from the Love that IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT ceaselessly generates to search out for his lost sheep.

After a very shaky start St Paul becomes the perfect disciple and never looks back from the furrow he ploughs as powered by the Holy Spirit he broadcasts the seeds that still announce the Good News to the whole world.

Each of Paul's missions reflect the pattern of Jesus' life on Earth. Today Luke records his farewell to the Church at Ephesus, St John remembers that part of Jesus summary at the conclusion of his mission that emphasises that John and the other Apostles have witnessed his human life but "there is something greater here".

On Earth, we can never completely understand but we can all believe the Resurrection for when we follow the Way, Truth and Light nothing can harm us in this life and the death of each of us becomes the finalising of true contrition for all our sins and a glimpse of the Glory that we call "The Second Coming".

 03/06/2025

Today we have readings from the earliest days of the Church.

St Paul knows that his preaching is from God. He knows that the Resurrection which confronted him as he went in pursuit of "blasphemers" is Jesus of Nazareth, Son of God. He knows that he has become possessed by the Holy Spirit and that his whole being as a Jew has always been dedicated to the Father.

He is still human and is nervous about going to Jerusalem because he knows that he is now opposed by many Jews who cannot accept that the religion of their ancestors has been replaced by the Perfecting Sacrifice and the Resurrection of Jesus and that God not only welcomes all souls irrespective of their nationality but actively commissions this new preaching to be spread throughout the world.

In the Gospel Jesus puts into words that we can understand the totally greater than any of our thoughts, boundless infinity that is the being of God. We are given a conception of the Almighty that we can fit into our human capacity for thought but must always remember that IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT is always greater.

"Glory" is nothing that can be imagined. It is always to be worshipped as it is God. God from God. Light from Light. Begotten not made. Of one Being with the Father and Holy Spirit. IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT is Glory and we can only believe.

That is why we can call Charles Lwanga and his companions "saints". They believed and none of us  can do greater in this world than that.

 02/06/2025

In this morning's Gospel reading taken from the farewell discourse given at the Last Super, the Apostles  thank Jesus for his plain speaking. "Take heart for I have overcome the world". 

Nothing could be plainer than these words spoken by Jesus but this was mere hours before he is to complete his human life on the cross by hanging with all his blood being poured out by his pierced heart. 

St John's Gospel, however, was written towards the end of his long life and by the time it was written the Temple was no more and there was a Christian Presence throughout the Roman Empire. Those who had shared the life, abandoned him at his passion and become completely converted by the Resurrection had come to realise that these events which they had witnessed during their lifetimes, were the presence of Incarnate Son of IAMFATHERSONNHOLYSPIRIT.

Those who met in the Portico of Solomon did not learn a "creed" but came there to associate with those who had personally known "Godwithus" and prepare for His return. The converts Paul met at Ephesus had never heard of the Holy Spirit and therefore had not been baptised in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as recorded in Matthew's Gospel.

I do know that I have often been untrue to my Faith but I have never doubted the words of the Gospels.

I have no trouble at all in believing Jesus' words, his comments, on the  St Thomas event but I have never had an inkling of the  the physical signs of the Holy Spirit although I hope that the whole of my prayer life is a result of 

Come Holy Spirit

fill the hearts of your faithful

and kindle within them the fire of your love.

Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.

And you shall renew the face of the earth.

 30/05/2025

God knows that I am sometimes overwhelmed by the task that I have set myself in trying to understand and remember the Faith that I have inherited.

The events that are remembered in the Epistle and Gospel for today happened about 2000 years ago.

The Psalm praises and thanks God for success in this world. When I read of material success in this world that is attributed to the will of God, I always remember "My kingdom is not of this world".

Jesus definitely told us that we live in our bodies only to do the will of IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT and that it is the state of our eternal souls that will determine our place in the New Creation at the end of time.

Paul is visited by a "Vision". This is a direct message from God that Paul is surrounded in Corinth by God's friends and need not be afraid. The Jews however think differently and haul another "blasphemer" before another Roman Governor who also did as Pilate and refused to take part in this internal problem of the Jews.

Most of the Jews who have ever lived have never fully appreciated the great gift given by God to Abraham and Moses. They have indeed been the only family, tribe, nation to have been directly chosen by God and to have his promised support for their race. At the foot of Mount Sinai they accepted both the Covenant and Law.

Only God knows the reason but it was from out of the Jews that he chose to beget the Incarnation. The first persecutors of the Church founded on St. Peter were not the Romans. It was certainly a great "sorrow" that the first to be called and have the Supreme Being revealed to them were no better than Adam & Eve and refused to obey their creator.

Those of us still living know that the completed revelation IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT cannot be praised by those who perpetuate evil in this world by continually choosing to disobey. 

It is no wonder that I feel overwhelmed when confronted by historical truth and the daily perpetration of evil which  is so obviously totally opposed to the will of Our Father, the teaching of Son and the grace of Holy Spirit.

I am only one soul, one being, one man. We are all "alone but known" in our innermost self but we can all appeal to the Father to intervene again in the Promised Land. Jesus has promised that 

So also you have sorrow now,

 but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice

And no-one will take that Joy from you.

In that day you will ask nothing of me.

 29/05/2025

In the Church's calendar of prayer, today marks the end of the worldly presence of the Incarnation as the new material reality of the risen Christ. It is Ascension Day and it is marked with "shouts of joy and trumpet blast".

Those who had known Jesus as family and friend, Mary, relatives and Apostles had now something else to digest and contemplate for the rest of their lives for Jesus had promised to be with them until the "end of time". Today, however, he leaves this world and returns to the Father.

I always try to remember that our scriptures are a record of actual events. They are an as accurate as any human could be, remembrances of days long gone. Luke is not an eye-witness of what he records in his Gospel but was one of the literally "anonymous Christians" who had formed the "Early Church" in Jerusalem.

I have to ask myself how well I could put together an account of what happened, complete with dialogue, in my life 30/40 years ago for this is what the earliest Gospel compilers, Matthew and Mark did.  There is no doubt that Jesus had imprinted himself into their human consciousness and was to complete that impression by the Holy Spirit event that would be the concluding action of IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT in the foundation of the Church on St Peter.

Those who are to witness the Ascension have had a minimum of three years of living with Son of God, Son of man, the Bread from Heaven, the Good Shepherd, Light of the World, Gate of the sheepfold, the Resurrection and the life, the true Vine, the way the truth and the life and yet they are still fixated on the things of this world. 

They have seen miracles that have changed reality. They have heard the message of the Sermon on the Mount. Most of all they have known a completely sinless human being. Some of them  have witnessed the cruelest of deaths and are at that moment walking with Resurrected New Life and yet they still seem not to have understood "My kingdom is not of this world" as they ask " Will you, Lord at this time restore the kingdom to Israel."