God's Consistent Love

My Dear Brethren,

The Beloved Apostle presents a God who is love and out of love sends His only Beloved and Begotten Son.  This love is affirmed for humanity at Holy Mass as His death on the Cross and rising after three days is re-presented.  

It is better for the soul to rely upon the love of God for humanity and not vice versa.  Because our love for God is inconsistent.  Some days we may be fervent in our love for God through daily devotion to prayer.  On other days, we may not have time or the energy because of the heavy work load and responsibilities.  Sometimes even the dreary weather can stifle the spirit's zeal to serve God.  That is why the soul must rely not on its inconsistent love for God but on God's consistent love and embrace.  

In speaking of God's consistent love, the soul could be misled and say: "I already know that God loves me.  I understand the concept of God's love for me."  But it's not just about knowing or understanding God's love.  It's about hearing it!  It's about hearing the words from the mouth of God that says: "I love you and to show my love for you, I give you my son."  

It's like a child that needs daily intake of food and water for physical nourishment, they also need to be audibly affirmed that they are loved by their parents.  That is food for their soul.  

But it's not just a once or twice a year on their birthday or special occasions.  They need to hear it every single day at least.  I can imagine for some Canonized Saints, they hear it every moment.  Experiencing God's love is a propulsion to pray and commune with the Divine and Eternal God.  

Once the soul discovers its inadequacies, its tendencies to be ruled by passions, and its shortcomings in its zeal to serve The Lord, God will reveal to the soul the necessity to rely upon His love and to remain and operate out of that love.

God's love is revealed for us in the Gospel passage today from Luke 20.  Sadducees didn't believe that there is an afterlife so they offered a ridiculous scenario about seven brothers and their marriage to the same woman.  But at the resurrection, whose wife will she be.  

God does not abandon the soul after our mortal passing.   Christ gives us a glimpse of heaven, because he says that they will be neither in marriage or given in marriage but they are like angels.  Marriage then becomes a metaphor to understand the soul's relationship, not just a mere physical one that we are accustomed to, but a marriage of the soul to the great Spirit, who is the Most Holy Trinity.  The soul longs for this mystical union with God and being in the presence of God, it brings the greatest joy.  

One inspirational story for me is when St John Vianney was assigned to a parish in Ars, France, he didn't know the directions to the parish.  So he stopped and saw a shepherd boy and asked him for directions.  This is what he said: "Show me the way to Ars, and I will show you the way to heaven."

God loves you !