+ Again today we have profound and timely readings for this mass.
Yesterday
we spoke of the tree of life, the tree of the cross as the sign of God’s
penetrating presence and transformative power of love. It was love that brought
about the reconciliation of man with God, and the restoration of peace and
prosperity.
And it was the blood of Christ
which was its price.
And so the new sign of the
unending covenant is the Blood of Christ poured out from his pierced sacred
side! There is no greater source of power in the entire universe as this
physical manifestation of self-sacrificial LOVE!
The first reading today speaks
of blood, in saying that “if anyone sheds the blood of man, by man shall his
blood be shed, for in the image of God has man been made.”
In an interesting side note: in this same reading from the
Book of Genesis we see God rendering not only plants, but all animals as
suitable and recommended food for man – according to his tastes and appetite.
And in another interesting side note: God says from you,
yourself, I will demand an accounting of how you regarded and treated yourself,
and I will demand it from every animal, and from one man in regard to his
fellow man I will demand an accounting for human life. And he was certainly
referring to each and every human life, from conception to natural death.
We do not know the exact day
and hour that this accounting will take place – but if we wisely read the signs
of the times – we should not be surprised if it happens at any time, at any
moment actually – especially, when we read the sign that announces the arrival
of the one and true “antichrist” in our midst: the one who feeds on chaos,
confusion, lies, deceptions, cover-ups and anarchy.
Let he, let she who has ears
to hear, hear and take heed. For the day of the Lord is at hand!
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