Life in intimate communion

The impact of life with the intimacy of the indwelling spirit and the Divine is illustrated in the letter in the Roman Catholic Lectionary today from Paul to Titus. The arguments and distain of the former life can be replaced by the understanding of the great mercy experienced in intimate communion with the Divine. The fruit of that relationship is the extension of the grace mercy of God to others. The ways in which we are bound by convention and law are shown in Luke’s Gospel as Jesus raises the question of why only the Samaritan of the ten lepers healed returned with thanksgiving to God for the mercy shown. The ability to live the relationship praised in the 23rd psalm is the place of faith and hope in our lives.