This week we continue our reading of St Paul's Letter to the Romans. In the excerpt we have today St Paul says: "For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it..." (Rm 8: 19-20) We realize in this that our present reality is not our final destination. God has given us this life so that we may participate in His divinity in the next: "For here we have no lasting city, but we are looking for the city that is to come." (Heb 13: 12) To expect perfection, fulfillment and satisfaction in this life is foolish. There is so much advertising that offers us present happiness but there is no product or way of life other than that found in Jesus Christ that can truly meet our needs. The Good News is that God has sowed the seeds of eternity in our hearts and we long for him. It is this hope that we share together in our Sunday Mass as we are drawn up into the great act of love which is the Passion death and resurrection of our Lord who loved us so much that he was prepared to suffer the Cross so that we might have hope. For the suffering of this age is allowed so that a greater good may arise from it: "... in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God." (Rm 8: 21)
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