+ We have a wonderful first reading today from the First Letter of
St. Paul to the Corinthians. It reveals a lot of truths
that are essential to us being human as we are. Truth: the Holy Spirit of God
scrutinizes everything – even the depths of God the Father! And participating
in the life of God – as each person does – his inner spirit tells him what is
what, too – on the natural level. But for those who receive the gift of God in
Baptism the Spirit of God rebirths the person and flood his soul with the life
of Grace, the life of Light, the life of Love – and the person knows his life
is no longer his own: but that he is here to build up, care for, interact
constructively with all those who enter his path each day!
So while the natural man has a
natural conscience, the supernatural man has a supernatural conscience. The
natural man – the worldly man – can only make sense of what is natural and
cannot understand the supernatural man – the baptized supernatural man, woman,
child can understand and judge the natural and the supernatural: he can plummet
into the very heart of God – and find everything, everything worthwhile.
And so, we need to pray for an
increase in understanding of the supernatural powers, duties and
responsibilities that come with our baptisms and confirmations – especially
when things start to go haywire, both internally and externally. We need to
stay tuned into the authoritative voice of Jesus each and every day through
some kind of spiritual reading or study – especially with online books, and
audio formats – there is no excuse not to delve deeply into a factual study
about what we think we know – perhaps we don’t know as much as we thought we
knew – or our perspective has been outdated and upgraded and we didn’t even
know it!
Jesus is still the great
prophet who has arisen in our midst – and he can steer us through ANY DIFFICULTY
no matter the size or shape, both personally, and in our families, and in our
society in which we live. We just have to stay connected with him.
Let you faithful ones
discourse of the glory of your Kingdom and speak of your might!
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