SATURDAY OF THE SEVENTH WEEK OF EASTER - 2021

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

I will send you the Spirit of truth, says the Lord;
he will lead you to the complete truth. JN 16:7,13

ACTS 28:16-20,30-31 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

When we are docile to the will of God as Paul was then all that we are inspired to do to further the Kingdom of heaven will be fruitful. 

Paul suffered greatly ever since his conversion and he rejoiced in his sufferings unlike most of us who are constantly complaining and whining about everything. We live such unholy, uninspiring lives that we are ineffective in evangelizing anyone let alone those closest to us. 

Paul's whole life provides exemplary proof of how we ought to live as members of Your Body. We must strive to live in harmony with one another, each serving the other and outdoing one another in our love for You and each other.

Paul was wise with the wisdom that comes from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and he was always docile to the prompting of the Spirit of God and did nothing if it was not the will of God. 

Grant us this grace, to imitate all the great saints for when we do despite any suffering, persecution, and hardship that we may have to endure we will always enjoy Your enduring peace in the midst of tribulation.

PSALM 11:4-5,7 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

Our collective conscience is dead and the world has lost sight of the truth that there is a God and He lives. His gaze is on the whole world and He watches us as we persistently, consistently, and insistently live lives that are stubbornly contrary to His will.

Too long O Lord have You permitted us to willfully and deliberately turn our backs to You and to indulge in every unholy, unworthy, frivolous, and worldly pastime that draws us ever deeper into the snare of the Enemy.

Today, the psalmist reminds us that only the upright will behold Your Face.

We are living in testing times. We are faced with calamities one on the heels of the next and yet we have set our face like flint against You. The time is almost here when we can no longer pretend that our actions do not have consequences. The wicked will be destroyed but the just, Your faithful remnant will enjoy the vision of Your glory eternally.

JOHN 21:20-25 ©

My Soul's Beloved,

Too often, like Peter, we allow ourselves to get distracted by irrelevant matters. You will not satisfy our idle curiosity. There is greater and far more important work at hand and we have only a limited amount of time to accomplish it. We ought to possess a sense of urgency that we will do all that is required of us before time runs out.

You refused to satisfy Peter's unhealthy curiosity about what would happen to John rather You reminded him that it was none of his business what You intended for John his only and most urgent concern ought always to be to follow You. That is true for each one of us who are privileged to be Your disciples.

Too often we are energy is consumed by idle speculation about everyone and we waste precious time on things that are not worthy as children of God and heirs to the Kingdom of heaven.

Today, John also reminds us of a very important truth - no one can contain God. The Church You founded understands that the divine Truth is infinite and our finite mortality can never comprehend eternity. We have the good sense to let God be God. We do not restrict You to the written word whether Old or New for You are beyond time and space. These are given to us as one way to draw near to You. It is the Holy Spirit that inspires those who are docile to Him to experience a little of the infinite height, depth, breadth, and length of that which is divine. Even in heaven, we will never exhaust the love, the beauty, the power, the knowledge, the grandeur, and the majesty of our awesome God who is always unchanging yet ever new.

There were many other things that Jesus did; if all were written down, the world itself, I suppose, would not hold all the books that would have to be written.