Direction of Distraction

The texts in the Roman Catholic Lectionary present messages similar to the psalmist today “do not follow the advice of the wicked”. It is a frequent temptation to listen to and act on the apparently rational and often legal advice of the people who scorn, scoff and dismiss the Life which is led by intimacy of the indwelling Spirit with the Spirit of the Divine. In the conscience informed by the intimacy with God is the spiritual resource to see the Way and to bypass the distractions fuelled by our pride, ego, lust, idolatry and self gratification. Paul reminds the Ephesians about the obvious truth that unity with the Body of Christ is not found in the direction of distraction. Luke’s Gospel reveals how Jesus ignores the advice of the legal authorities concerning healing on the Sabbath to do the will of the Father.