Sunday, October 14, 2018

A Word from Your Pastor October 14


The Gospel is meant to be lived.  It is not a mere collection of stories just to make us feel good.  It is not a code of laws that regulate all our actions.  It is a way of life.  It is all about acknowledging that we are loved and that God’s Love is offered to the world through us who have been chosen by God to be the bearers of the Good News in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Knowing the Faith is necessary, but it is not enough.  Loving according to human measure does not reach the heights God has intended for us.  It must be “woven together” is a manner of living that communicates the Truth.  Jesus relates to each unique individual, inviting to a personal response at the depth each one is capable of understanding.

The rich young man in the Gospel today is a reminder to us all as to how we can become slaves to our own possessions.  We accumulate what we claim as our own, and it then lays claim to us.  When our concern for things other than God leads us to fail in our responsibility to put God first, we are not living the full promise of the Gospel.

Parents have a special duty to teach their children how to live the ways of Faith.  This means that their own lives ought to be in conformity to the Gospel and that they need to do all they can to ensure that their children develop the habits that allow the Gospel to be primary in their lives as well.  When we fail as a witness to our own families, we cannot hope to succeed in bringing the world to Christ.

God understands our human limitations.  He gives us the power to fulfill His Will.  When we fail, the Sacrament of Reconciliation is there to help us to return to the Gospel way of life.  Our children need to see us pick ourselves up after we fall.  This, too, is part of the witness of the Gospel way of life.

When Jesus looks into your heart, what does He see there?  What does He ask you to do for love of Him?  Are you willing to follow?

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