Not since this time had man ever contemplated
praying through another to God. His son
became our guide and our savior into a world so largely occupied by people who
would not believe or fathom such a sacrifice.
As for those who trusted in His mercy, their Christian fire had now
become a holy flame.
Burning brightly in our hearts is that light by
which we measure our personal relationships with God. What we fail to recognize is the gift He gave
to us in the form of the Eucharist. Each
and every day, He is here with us, celebrated in the power of a simple prayer
and in the power and promise of innocence and redemption. Most times, what we fail to recognize is that
we are already one with Christ. We are
as much a part of Him as He is of us.
We are the soul of the church; we give ourselves to Him freely and without reservation. We invite Him into our heart not only to consume our inhibitions but to create a sense of belonging so that we may use His strength in helping to cope with many of life’s challenges. It is this flame that lights the candle by which we are guided to, like the stars in the night sky.
There are many travelers on this road and we are constantly being visited. Without us knowing or recognizing it, we are haunted by their fragrance. The smell permeates us, binds us, and comes to us in so many different ways. Have you ever felt the need to do something but you did not know why? Have you ever discovered yourself in a strange place but do not know how you arrived there? This is His spirit alive in everything around us, in every being roaming the earth throughout time. We are called by its warmth and by our compulsion to give unceasingly through acts of kindness and prayer. I can tell you now in the prime of my life that I am constantly amazed at the capacity of the human heart; in the way God moves us towards Him like the rise and fall of the tide along the shore.
We need to come to Him and never
waver. When Jesus says to repent and
believe in the Gospel, He is inviting us to become a part of something larger
than ourselves. He is telling us that
though the body lies still, the soul and spirit roam free; like an excerpt from
an old Stan Jones song it sings to what was preached:
As
the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
"If
you want to save your soul from hell a riding on our range'
Then
cowboy change your ways today, or with us you will ride
Tryin' to catch the devil's herd, across these endless
skies"
Yipie i-oh, yipie i-ay!
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky…
May the Holy Spirit travel within each and every one of us,
may we go along for that eternal ride and may His peace be with you, always.