plan of sheer goodness

acts 12:24-13:5; Ps 67 O G0d, let all the nations praise you!; John 12:44-50

The  word of God continued to spread and grow.

These are the opening lines of the first reading today.  This was a description the writer of Acts  used to describe the mission of evangelization undetaken by the apsotles after the Pentecost experience.

The word of God continued to spread and grow.

It is a beautiful description of reality.

These lines can be usesd even today to describe the life of faith: The word of God continues to spread and grow in the hearts of every believer.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, that work which helps illucidate the deposit of faith given to the Church and passed on from generation to generation  begins with these words,

 "God infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life.  For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man.  He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength.  He calls together all men, scattered and divided by sin, into unity of his family, the Church. To accomplish this, when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son asRedeemer and Savior.  In his Son and through him, he invites men to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs of his blessed life."


"so that this call should resound throughout the world, Christ sent forth the apostles he had chosen, commissioning them to proclaim the gospel, "Go therefore and make disicples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; lo I am with you always, to the close of the age."

This is   the plan of sheer Goodness.  This is what it means when the opening line of today's reading begins, "The word of God continued to spread and grow."


The plan of sheer goodness found the human heart and they welcomed it. It is through the human heart that the plan of sheer goodness continues to unfold in dynamic ways and spreads forth like a fire.

The word of God continued to grow and spread as God continued to draw man to himself in every time and place.

Today let yourself be drawn closer to God.  Exult in the plan of sheer goodness.