{"id":14528,"date":"2014-04-02T00:47:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T06:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=14528"},"modified":"2018-06-04T11:42:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:42:54","slug":"the-four-ages-of-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-four-ages-of-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"The Four Ages of Grace","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\">THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">for April 2nd, 2014<br \/>\n<\/span>Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\">Liturgical texts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/040214.cfm\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Trees-Roots-Near-River-Beautiful-River-Landscape-Photography-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong>IN <\/strong>yesterday&#8217;s first reading, when an angel took Ezekiel to the trickle of water that was flowing to the east, he measured four distances from the temple from where the small river began. With each measurement, the water became deeper and deeper until it could not be crossed. This is symbolic, one could say, of the &#8220;four ages of grace&#8221;&#8230; <em>and we are on the threshold of the third. <\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more-->In the very beginning, a river flowed from the Garden of Eden, and then branched off into four rivers\u2014symbolically surrounding all of mankind with the grace and love of the Holy Trinity. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14528_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14528_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14528_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14528_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14528_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14528_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Gen 2:10<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14528_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14528_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> But original sin dammed the River of Life, choking off grace, and forcing Adam and Eve from paradise.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Sin had entered the world. But God had a plan&#8230; a<em>nd the river of grace began to run again<\/em>, cleansing the face of the earth of all wickedness in Noah&#8217;s time. This began the <em>Age of the Father<\/em> when He would begin to enter into covenants with His people.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The trickle of this living water would carry the chosen people forward from one covenant to the next as the river of grace became deeper and deeper until it burst through the very heart of the Son of God in a <em>new<\/em> and <em>everlasting covenant <\/em>(indeed, it always flowed from His heart). This began the <em>Age of the Son. <\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people&#8230; (First reading)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Jesus came to continue the work of the Father:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">My Father is at work until now, so I am at work. (Today&#8217;s Gospel)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">In this present age, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-river-of-life\/\">River of Life<\/a> has flowed through the Church, teaching, expanding, and equipping her to bring the Good News of salvation to the ends of the earth. She has learned the profound message in Isaiah&#8217;s prophecy that we are not orphaned or forgotten, but through Christ, we are adopted sons and daughters of the Father.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">I will never forget you&#8230; The LORD is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works. (First reading &amp; Psalm)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">And now, the River of Life is carrying the Church into the third age, the <em>Age of the Holy Spirit<\/em> when <em>all<\/em> the nations will be &#8220;baptized in the Spirit,&#8221; for Jesus said &#8220;this gospel will be preached throughout the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14528_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14528_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14528_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14528_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14528_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14528_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Matt 24:14<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14528_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14528_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> The Son continues the work of the Father, the Spirit continues the work of the Son.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><strong>The time has come to exalt the Holy Spirit in the world\u2026<\/strong><\/em><strong> I desire that this last epoch be consecrated in a very special way to this Holy Spirit\u2026It is his turn, it is his epoch, it is the triumph of love in My Church, <em>in the whole universe<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em>\u2014Jesus to Venerable Mar\u00eda Concepci\u00f3n Cabrera de Armida; Fr. Marie-Michel Philipon, <em>Conchita: A Mother\u2019s Spiritual Diary<\/em>, p. 195-196<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Afterward, will come the fourth and eternal age in which &#8220;all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.&#8221; That is, the River of Life will be too deep to cross without one having received the gift of salvation that comes by faith, expressed in good works.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">And those who do cross will, as in the days of the Garden of Eden, drink forever from &#8220;the river of life-giving water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb&#8221;&#8230; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_14528_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14528_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_14528_1('footnote_plugin_reference_14528_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_14528_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14528_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 22:1<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_14528_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_14528_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">&#8230;in that fourth, and <em>Eternal Age of the Holy Trinity<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-three-ages\/\"><strong><em>The Coming Age of Love<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/how-the-era-was-lost\/\"><strong><em>How the Era was Lost<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-coming-pentecost\/\"><strong>The Coming Pentecost<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/pentecost-and-the-illumination\/\"><strong><em>Pentecost and the Illumination<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-four-ages-of-grace\/\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"recommend\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-four-ages-of-grace\/\" data-via=\"MarkMallett2\">Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our ministry is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/falling-short\/\">falling short<\/a>&#8221; 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