Afflictions with assurance

The righteous are presented as having some difficulties with those of the earth in the texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today. The dilemma shared in Acts is that of the person activated by the indwelling Spirit who must act in defiance of the civil or religious authority. The resonance with the Divine is both the assurance that the mission will continue and as the psalmist proclaims the righteous one will enjoy the protection of the Divine. Often we seek that protection in our time. John shows that the domain and the universe of the Divine and the earthly are not the same. The Father desires that the Son give the Spirit which draws righteousness without measure. The infinite is offered to the finite. Is there any wonder that finite humanity has difficulty being the bearer of infinite life.