+ Again today we have excellent readings for Mass. As we
proceed, at first, ever so slowly and cautiously our Lenten trek of
self-discovery, self-reflection and self-motivation, we at stopped in our
tracks and put in the middle of the road already: “every word that comes forth
from God’s mouth will be accomplished!” PERIOD! now, in our regard, either we
will cooperate and lock-on to his will and actually do it, with our own
personality, flare and talents, or we will not, at least at first; we will kick
and scream and yell, and try to do it our own way, until we are worn to a
proverbial frazzle: then we will surrender and say: “Okay, I give up! I
surrender! Let’s do it your way! and voila! whatever it was, becomes “as easy
as pie” and we say to ourselves: “Why didn’t I just give up, surrender and ask
for more information on how to do it his way” at the very outset?
Indeed!
Lent is all about our letting
our clawed grip loose on all the activities of our lives: to let God in, and to
humbly as to be used as he would use us!
The gospel passage in fact
gives us THE PERFECT outline on what God expects of us: the blueprint for any
given day, and the Light for the darkness of our path!: It is the prayer that
Jesus himself taught us: we’ve said it a million times, but did we ever SLOW
DOWN and dive into each word, each phrase, each idea, each concept, each
lovingly prescribed action involved?
Here is a short meditation on
this prayer: it’s just for this moment in time: I urge you today to make some
free time (15 mins of silence and prayer, off by yourself) and create your own
meditation for the rest of the day:
Here’s mine for now:
Wow! you are really OUR
FATHER, this means I am loved, cared for, protected and valued higher than the
skies; it also means that Jesus is my Brother, really and truly, and that Mary,
his mother is therefore my Mother too! Yes! Wow! I have friends in very high
places.
And You, Father, are holiness
itself – beginning with your name – and you are asking me to be as holy as you
are – which is now possible – because if you ask us to do anything, you always
give us all we need to do it –
And. yes there is a spaceless,
timeless, eternal, glorious Kingdom of unimagined bliss and peace awaiting us
“out there!” and one day it will be fully inaugurated when Jesus comes again on
the clouds to separate the “sheep” from the “goats” and escort them personally
into the new heavens and the new earth for those who simply believe in him, and
that he can do it!
Here is the big one: YOUR WILL
BE DONE on earth as it is in heaven – your word be accomplished and not come
back to you void. Period. That means the more we plug in to cooperating with
this word and will, the happier we will be, the more people we will help and we
will have nothing to fear on the Great Day of Judgment that is surely coming.
Our “daily bread” is all we
need to survive our pilgrimage to the Kingdom, but especially the Bread of the
Eucharist: the bread and wine of the Body and Blood of Jesus! This is of vital
importance to everyone – because, one prerequisite that Jesus made very clear
for entrance into the Kingdom is for us to “resemble Himself” so when the
Father sees us, he sees his Son and all that that means; when we consume the
transubstantiated Bread and Wine – the Body and Blood of Christ – he literally
becomes us as we digest him into our stomachs, systems and blood, and most
wondrously we become all that he is: Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity: we become
DIVINE! Then we can partner with him very easily throughout the day to do what
he wants done, for whomever he puts in our path!
Forgiveness therefore, to all
others, who are fragile and human as we are is of the essence: just as the Lord
forgives us, so should we forgive one another – but in many cases not until the
offender, the trespasser asks for it!
It goes without saying that we
would rather not be tested, but we will be, because that’s how our faith is
tried, and our character and virtue proven: we pray then for every grace and
the love we need to surround us when such trials come our way (the problems of
everyday life).
And lastly, save us from the
evil one – who is there trying to change our allegiance, and our loyalty: but his
spirit is easily spotted, vetted, and rejected – if anything we say does not
produce peace, hope, joy, love, forgiveness, and the promise of eternal life:
then it is to be rejected as easily as saying: “Get behind me, Satan!” “My
allegiance is to the banner, person and life of Christ Jesus the Lord!
Yes,
indeed, the Lord rescues the just in all their distress.
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