Awaiting a new earth and a new heaven

In today's first reading, 2 Peter 3: 12-15a, 17-18, Peter speaks of the Lord's promise of a new earth and a new heaven where righteousness reigns.  We all await the fulfilment of this promise. In the meantime, however, we experience the lack of righteousness, our own and that of others.   Injustices and inequities  abound in this life.  So how do we maintain our peace and stability?  Peter gives us a couple of suggestions:  1) grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ,  2) recall God's patience with each one of us, 3) guard against being "led into the error of the unprincipled" and 4) maintain our stability.


Our stability is Christ Jesus, our  faith!  There are ways of nurturing our faith and of growing in the knowledge of Christ, namely, reading the  Scriptures from each day's liturgy, taking courses in Scripture offered by the parish to which we belong, studying the Catholic Catechism, availing ourselves of spiritual reading resources (from our parish libraries, for instance), become involved in our parish in some way. To guard against being "led into the error of the unprincipled" one needs to surround  him/herself with persons who value  living life according to principles that we personally value. We also need to become familiar with the Spirit that guides us from within.  We are the Temples of the Holy Spirit. This Spirit is active and always prays within us according to God's will.  Let's tune in!