Aware and on guard

The texts in the Roman Catholic Lectionary today advise that we should be aware of the great gift we have in the intimacy with the Divine from which we receive the very strength of God to be lovers of all. The “laws” of God, understood in the broadest sense, are those practices and behaviours which bring and intensify the intimacy we have through our indwelling Spirit with the transcendent being of Divinity. The Gospel of Luke reminds that the “end” can come upon us suddenly. Our decision to flee the disaster is the same decision to flee those occasions in which the relationship we have with Father, Son and Spirit is threatened. The temptation to stay, remain calm and “take a look” may engulf us in the event which stimulates initially but robs us of the gifts of love, patience, humility, peace, righteousness and communion with God .