The Ghost Rider

Rebirth, renewal, remembrance and reflection are all ways in which each of us can contribute some small act of kindness towards our fellow man.  By allowing ourselves to be absorbed into the warmth of the Spirit, we come to realize that all other things seem to pale in comparison to the embodiment of His being.  Life is what it is all about.  We are born, live and die within the confines of this space.  But when we pass on, we enter into a realm that is eternal.  Jesus gave such a precious gift when He died on the cross and though His resurrection became the Sacrificial Lamb of God, Christ our true light.  He created a gateway to the human soul, through His spirit, by which we could now enter into the very nature of Heaven. 

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.