Thursday of week 28 in Ordinary Time. 2
Formula for life
Luke 11:47-54
The greeting of St. Paul to the community of Ephesus reveals an inspiring overview of world of Christianity - our lives before, during, and after Christ. "God chose us in Christ before the world began to be holy and blameless in his sight." At the end, "he would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth." and in the middle, how Jesus "through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins."
The gospel however gives us a sharp contrast of how Jesus reprimands the pharisees for killing the apostles and prophets.
One path leads us to Christ; another path leads us away from him.
The things that lead us away from Christ are: sin, the self, and the lures of this world. We have to watch out for them. We cannot know, love, adore, and serve God if we are filled with selfishness, if the world entices us, and most of all, sin overwhelms us. We close our eyes, hands and hearts to our brothers and sisters, especially the poor.
Let us heed the plan of God in Christ as St. Paul reminded the community of Ephesus. By living with, in, and through Christ, we will attain unity and communion with him on earth till heaven.
Luke 11:47-54
The greeting of St. Paul to the community of Ephesus reveals an inspiring overview of world of Christianity - our lives before, during, and after Christ. "God chose us in Christ before the world began to be holy and blameless in his sight." At the end, "he would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth." and in the middle, how Jesus "through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins."
The gospel however gives us a sharp contrast of how Jesus reprimands the pharisees for killing the apostles and prophets.
One path leads us to Christ; another path leads us away from him.
The things that lead us away from Christ are: sin, the self, and the lures of this world. We have to watch out for them. We cannot know, love, adore, and serve God if we are filled with selfishness, if the world entices us, and most of all, sin overwhelms us. We close our eyes, hands and hearts to our brothers and sisters, especially the poor.
Let us heed the plan of God in Christ as St. Paul reminded the community of Ephesus. By living with, in, and through Christ, we will attain unity and communion with him on earth till heaven.
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