Decide to participate

The texts today from the Roman Catholic Lectionary enlarge the seriousness of the question posed to people as a consequence of the relationship with the Divine. In the Book of Acts (Acts 5:29-31) the answer is presented “But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than any human authority. The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Saviour, so that he might give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins” It is not as we might prefer a question of “personal preference”. The choice is to participate in the liberation of people from sin and death or to deny that mission and move away from the relationship with the Father through Jesus and the Spirit as John indicates in the Gospel. The psalmist proclaims the security which is experienced by the souls who make their boast in the Lord. The model given by Jesus and those who have demonstrated the holiness which is a component of the intimate relationship of our indwelling Spirit with the Divine is ‘not my will but Your Will be done’.