Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Friday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Luke 12:1-7 St. Paul expounded on justification in the case of Abraham, who was justified, that is, made clean, not by his own action, but by his faith in God.  Faith or "pananampalataya" is a fruit of justification. Second, another fruit of justification is conversion or "pagbabalik-loob".  A person changes simply because of God's goodness. Third fruit of justification is righteousness or "pagiging matuwid".  It is a state when a person lives out the righteousness of God. All these run counter with hypocrisy.  Hypocrisy defies faith; it is to give merit to oneself as the source of goodness. Hypocrisy runs counter with conversion.  A hypocrite sees no need of conversion because he / she treats himself or herself as self-righteous. Finally, his concept of righteousness is self-righteousness, a form of spiritual pride which is one of the seven capital sins. Let our every thought, word, and action result ...

Thursday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Luke 11:47-54 St Paul dwells on the reality of justification: a way man is justified, not by his own actions or merits, but by the redeeming action of Jesus Christ. There are three things I would like to reflect about justification: First, it God is the one who justifies; not us. Second, as we are justified, we separate from sin and enter into God's righteousness. Third, our lives become pure grace in Jesus. Let us nourish the gift given to us by Jesus, the gift of redemption brought about by His passion, death, and resurrection.

The way of the Lord Luke 11:15-26 The basic defect of one relying on the law is he thinks that salvation is possible by just following the law and now the person or God who is the real spirit of the law. When can we say that we are under the influence of the devil?  When we are heading for division and not unity, the second is when we belittle the true and absolute power of God over our lives; third, when the Holy Spirit is not moving in us but laws. Let us strengthen our resolve to cause the unity of people in God, believe in Jesus Christ Christ, and walk in the way of the Spirit.