+ Powerful readings today in our weekday Mass. The first reading speaks of
the recognition that grace effects in the baptized.
Filled as we are with the Holy
Trinity at Baptism, we can hone in on other recipients of the same gift – and
this, whether they be circumcised or uncircumcised – Jews or Gentile converts.
The necessary law of
circumcision as a sign of covenant for the people of God of the Old Testament –
has now been superseded by the sign of the New Convent which is the Blood of
Christ.
Those baptized into his
Mystical Body are welcomed no matter how their bodies are configured at birth.
Good news for us!
The awesome fact and reality
that begins to exist from the moment of our baptisms is that we are truly
adopted sons and daughters of God – and that he dwells deeply in the
tabernacles of our hearts – very real tabernacles in our very real heart and
soul.
Jesus taught his disciples to
pray to God in our tabernacles when he taught them to pray: Father, hallowed be
you name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread / and forgive us
our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject
us to the final test.”
This is the perfect prayer,
the perfect channel of connect to the Most Holy Trinity itself, a go-to encounter
whenever we are in need of a Father’s doting, tenderness, compassion, mercy,
humor and good will.
Yes, thanks be to the
Redemption brought about by the Death and Resurrection of the wondrous God/Man
Jesus Christ – we have received a spirit
of adoption as sons and daughters, through which we cry: Abba! Father!
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