Holy Spirit of Jesus, renew the spirit of my mind to direct my being by your righteousness and holiness…

Gospel Mystery of the Day        Saturday, August 17, 2024
                                               
Good Morning!      
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
 
Ephesians 4: 17-24

 
This gift we call ‘free will’ is difficult to manage.  Since Eden, it is human free will choosing the deceits of evil over God’s principles of life, that leads us into more grief and confusion than anything else.  Think Adam and Eve hurriedly covering up with fig leaves and running away from Father God, out of the perfection of connection in the “garden”. Free will allows us to choose evil over good time and time again, and so it is the critical factor that gradually turns our hearts, minds, souls and strength either more and more towards, or away from, our Father’s face. It is when we turn away from God that our spirits become dry and worn out, moth-eaten and despondent; it is due to free will that we can so easily and quickly descend into bindings of meaningless and reactive choices, rather than the true freedoms of Faith, Hope and Love extended to us by the Mercy of God, through Christ Jesus. And It is God’s righteous and holiness, born of pure truth and mercy that is the path out of tepid, death-dealing and depressing lives. No wonder St. Paul, a man of strong mind and intelligence reminded the Ephesians, and so by extension us today, to ‘“be renewed” in the spirit of our minds’. We must be careful to maintain godly drivers and turn away from evil devices that warp our choice of thoughts, words and deeds to carry out by our be-ing.   When we clothe our beings with the “New Man”, that is Christ Jesus risen from the death and destruction of the cross in the fullness of righteousness and holiness, we are able to live into our ultimate purpose – to become the likeness of Father God.  Will I let go of the rot and mold in my soul and allow God to renew the spirit of my mind so that I can make good choices in my thoughts, my words and my actions, informed, as they are meant to be, by God’s righteousness and holiness?   Holy Spirit of Jesus, renew the spirit of my mind to direct my being by your righteousness and holiness. 
 
I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life. Alleluia!     (John 8:12)
 
“A single act of love makes the soul return to life.”
St. Maximilian Kolbe  
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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