+ The hypocrite is one so obsessed with self-made preconceptions that
he becomes desensitized to sincerity; to tenderness, to genuine self-sacrifice.
His hardened heart prevents
him from judging what is right.
Christ present in “the present
time” moves us to live with humility, gentleness, patience.
We remain attentive, not to
our self-will but to the one “who is over all and trough all and in all.”
St. Paul urges the Ephesians
and he urges us to live this way – in a manner worthy of the call we have
received: it is the absolute and unprecedented gracious gift of God that allows
us to even dare to approach a life of peace, being the wretched, sinful people
we are – being born of Adam’s stock – and still having some tinges and taint of
the base earthly predispositions in us – even though the power of the
Resurrection is greater than the pull downward. We can always look and reach up
to God and he will rescue us and save us! Always!
The earthbound want to read
simply and only the signs of the weather, etc.; but the true disciple hones in
on the spiritual climate that still engulfs and suffocates us: especially in
this day and age – and in this country – in this world. The spiritual sign of
the times says: HALT! TURN EAST! TURN TO CHRIST! REFLECT! REPENT! AND CONFESS
YOU SINS before it is too late – before it is too late! For Catholic at this
time: bi-monthly confession even of venial sins is essential to keep the grace
pices open wide and flowing – for when the Day arrives – we will need pipes
that are a slick and smooth as can be – in order to receive the fullness of the
reward God has in store for our faithfulness, docility and childlikeness.
Blessed
are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the
mysteries of the Kingdom.
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