Separation from our baptismal marital union from the LORD is unholy, un-perfect, and represents death; because as Christ said, “apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). The moment I am born into life, I am destined to death. If death is what life ultimately offers me, I would rather I was never born. Thus, in my abandonment of my baptismal marital union with God, I lift up my hands and cry to my Creator, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1). Approaching the moment of separation of His marital blended union of life and death, of His human Flesh and the divine Spirit of God, of His human persona and the divine persona, Christ expressed this un-union crying out to God with the tearing Psalmist words, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” (Matthew 27:46). The strongest baptismal marital union between the human and the divine makes the most painful cry of anguish as the separation is felt – even for the briefest moment of separation. Psalm 22: 11-18 depicts the moment the marital union between our human and the divine is separated and foretold to Christ on the Cross,
Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.
Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.
I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.
My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.
Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.
All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.
Oh! Then how painful and agonizing it is to go through a long period of time during our earthly life separated from the grace of the baptismal marital union! Our eyes, ears, heart, light, treasure, gain, success, and life un-abided with Christ are blindness, deafness, hardness, darkness, trash, loss, failure, and death. The dead days of my life are every day that I do not abide by Christ and unworthy to receive the Holy Eucharistic Bread and Wine of the Eternal Life. Let's haste and make all the necessary amends, so that we can abide with the LORD in the baptismal marital union. We should nourish our baptismal love with the heavenly Bread and Wine of the everlasting Life. This is the treasure the LORD entrusted us to protect and safe guard among the thorns of the world that encircle us. I certainly at times failed to protect my most valuable treasure and failed to nourish on Divine True Food of Life. God at any moment may say to anyone, “You fool! This very night your soul is required of you” (Luke 12:20).
God loves us in “agape” marital sacrificial love that involves gifting Himself to unite with our humanity by His creative Words of, “Let there be,” so that the resulting inseparable union would inherit everlasting Life. This is an incredible opportunity to “Be Perfect” and “Be Holy.” It is the only way for a human to inherit the divine life. It is not a matter of debates, rules, laws, or popular opinions. It is the logical truth that is further supported by thousands of years of prophesies foretold by many prophets and eye witnesses. Truth does not change over time or culture. The salvation design by God is amazingly proven not only by what was foretold by the disciples and witnesses of Christ, but by all the prophecies prior to Christ's Jewish Scripture over thousands of years. Additionally, salvation from God through Christ is proven by honest logical truth.
The message of Christ is amazing as it is the ultimate sacrificial love which must be on the level of a marital union. To know and understand God's message, the follower must have love as St. John taught, “Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love” (1John 4:8). This love is not manifested by words, prayers, or anything humans had ever heard of. This love is a heavenly grace that unites a human to God. The union begins here on earth in preparation for the everlasting marital union with God and all those united to God. Therefore, we unite in a marital union with all those united to God in the baptismal marital union whether on earth or in heaven as branches on the one Vine Tree. We are on earth to store heavenly oil to nourish our baptismal union with Christ, to encourage our brothers and sisters to prepare as we do, and to care for the heavenly wedding garments we received in Baptism while awaiting the angels to call us to the everlasting Baptismal marital feast with Christ. Thus, today let's haste to meet the LORD in the Bread and Wine at the Mass Feast of Miracles and,
Enter, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the Lord who made us.
For he is our God,
we are the people he shepherds,
the sheep in his hands.
Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
Do not harden your hearts..(Psalm 95: 6-8)
But if we wait too long, if we are busy chasing a mirage, the Father would anger and utter, “They shall never enter my rest” (Psalms 95:11). Let us become intimate with the LORD, so on the day our earthly life ceases, we can join Saint Dismas saying, “Jesus, remember me..into Your Kingdom” (Luke 23:42).