Thursday of week 12 in Ordinary Time, 1
Firm foundation
Matthew 7:21-29
The reading today is quite unique. For as we know that our religion espouses monogamy, still Abraham who is the father of many nations bore a son through another woman. The promise of the Lord is still there and that Ishmael's descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky. It is the Lord who speaks.
In the gospel, Jesus exhorts us to ground our faith on solid ground and not from the caprices of daily life.
We are offered to live a life of firm foundations.
Although Ishmael was a son outside of marriage, God's assurance is enough to ground Ishmael and the next descendants to Himself.
We need to ground our lives in God, and offer our families, our courses, our day-to-day experiences - to God.
Second, let us be conscious that simply calling God "Lord, Lord" will not get us into heaven unless we live out His will.
Matthew 7:21-29
The reading today is quite unique. For as we know that our religion espouses monogamy, still Abraham who is the father of many nations bore a son through another woman. The promise of the Lord is still there and that Ishmael's descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky. It is the Lord who speaks.
In the gospel, Jesus exhorts us to ground our faith on solid ground and not from the caprices of daily life.
We are offered to live a life of firm foundations.
Although Ishmael was a son outside of marriage, God's assurance is enough to ground Ishmael and the next descendants to Himself.
We need to ground our lives in God, and offer our families, our courses, our day-to-day experiences - to God.
Second, let us be conscious that simply calling God "Lord, Lord" will not get us into heaven unless we live out His will.
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