The battle rages and we know it

The psalmist in the texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary proclaims the understanding of humanity of the Divine that "You are good and do good". Paul frames for the Romans how the law of the commandments cited as guidelines to life in the psalm is rejected by the passions off the flesh. The energy of life eros is essential to our movement in growth. This passion can lead the body to great extremes of taking care of the desires of the flesh so that we become slaves of this force. Paul exhorts us through his experience to be slaves to our relationship with the Father through Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Our life energy in Divine intimacy fulfills our destiny as children of God. The peace and joy in this intimacy are the signs that we have made the correct choice. The signs of our difficulty are not obscure. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus reminds us of how capable we are to recognize the signs of drifting in our journey. Our life experience, in the world, has taught us to know how to avoid damage to our ego and avoid what we consider to be unnecessary humiliation. We can use this sense of self preservation to move away from the attacks of the passions of the flesh as Paul so deeply witnesses today.