+ Our readings today are quite interesting, they are about water! And
not just any water, but the holy source of all water, the holy source of all
that gives life and sustains life and preserves life. All living things need
water to survive an earthly existence. All supernatural beings need the
spiritual water of grace flowing from the heavenly Temple of the Lord, through
the Pierced Heart of Christ which gushed forth water (and blood) after the Death
of King of the Universe of the Cross, onto us on the day of our holy Baptisms –
when we were irrevocably birthed into this eternal, glorious, supernatural
“family of God’s children!” - that’s quite the procession of water! we are thus
blessed!
The waters of the Sheep Gate
in Jerusalem of the Gospel passage today, is symbolic of this water-shed of
grace available to all who submerge themselves both literally and figuratively:
the waters of healing, strength and resolution and determination to be a disciple
of the Christ, from whose Life comes, our life, through whose Death, comes our
death, through whose Resurrection to a newness of Life, comes our resurrection
to a like newness of life – if we believe that it is so.
We should have a container of
Holy Water in our monasteries, homes, and other places of residence – we should
bless ourselves with it at least once during the day – and then sprinkle our
residences with it before we take our rest at night – it just can remind us of
all of the above in this homily, and how protected our dwellings will be when
we call to mind to awesome power, strength, and LOVE that God wants to shower
on us at any given moment of the day or night!
God bless!
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