Holy Spirit of God make me alive, together with Christ Jesus, for it is by grace I have been saved…

 
Ezekiel 47: 1-12, Ephesians 2: 4-10

 
Perhaps the river of God’ mercy and grace is counter-intuitive for humankind, starting out as a trickle and quickly becoming a deep river of purifying water, but it is nonetheless life giving. To everyone who takes time to walk along the banks of God’s river of mercy and grace, and chooses to eat the ripe fruit on the branches of the trees on its banks and to apply their healing leave to the wounds of heart, mind and spirit, it is the best nourishment and medicine in the world And for everyone who takes at dip in its waters, it is not only refreshing, but purifying. This was the mercy Christ Jesus engaged throughout his Passion and Resurrection. This is the mercy he extended to every man, woman and child by his obedient suffering and rising again. This is the grace by which I – by which we – have been saved.  Will I walk through life unaware of the river of life just beyond the trials and troubles of this life? Or will I take time through prayer and meditation to walk along the banks of the river of God’s mercy and to immerse myself in its healing and cleansing waters?  Holy Spirit of God make me alive, together with Christ Jesus, for it is by grace that I have been saved.   
 
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea.     (Psalm 46:1-2)
 
“Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.”
Saint Teresa of Kalcutta
 
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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