“Salvation comes from our God, who is
seated on the throne,
and from the Lamb.”
It is good to meditate
on where we are in our faith as Children of God and where we are going. Where
we are going meaning our ultimate destination to become one with our Creator
and one with all those who have gone before us and those who are with us now.
We are all on a spectacular journey which began at the exact moment that we
were conceived within our mother’s womb. Entering this world, we became a part
of God’s Creation; the most important part of it. Created out of love we are
commissioned to love everything and everyone. With that in mind, it must be
realized that our ultimate destination is also that of love. So, on this day,
the Solemnity of All Saints, we look towards that ultimate end and celebrate
all of our brothers and sisters who are now with God. They are there, with God,
waiting for us and living with us as we continue forward.
We are
celebrating the Story of Salvation and the promise of eternal life. Our faith
teaches us that what we are living now is but a small part of our existence and
there is so much more that lies beyond in the Spiritual World. Even though we
are separated from it physically, we are united with it through our
spirituality. When we pray, all barriers between the physical and spiritual are
lowered and we are invited to experience the mystical side of our existence;
that which is God and everything that he created. Our flesh may rebel against
this experience because we are urged through the influence of Satan and society
to ignore it but through perserverance and faith we can overcome these
obstacles and enter into a new state of being guided by God.
God longs for us
to envelope ourselves in his love and to cry out to him with joy, sadness,
pain, and suffering. He wants all that we do and say; all of our actions and
deeds to be prompted with the thoughts of him in our hearts, body, and soul.
When we do this, we become a celebration of him who is our Father. This
celebration is ajoined with the celebration of those who are with him: all the
saints who are now in paradise in everlasting communion with him. They sing
with him, give glory to him, and love him eternally. They also look to us,
praying for us to soon experience what they are experiencing. They are our
advocates and protectors. Gone from this part of creation they are still with
us, for nothing can separate us from our God and his creation.
While living
here we need to recognize the eternity that is God’s creation. We cannot limit
ourselves or our experiences; numbing our senses to only that which is in front
of us. To do that puts limits on us and God. He is limitless and us as his
children have that capability also if we just accept him as he is: eternal. We
are all a part of that eternity and have the capability of experiencing it now.
If we open ourselves up as receptors to God’s Grace now then we can also
experience that which awaits us. Each day becomes a revelation. Why deny that
which can bring us joy now and forever.
Deacon Tom
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