Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Uprooting sin Matthew 21:33-43,45-46  The challenge for the Lenten Season is to align one's life with Jesus and to make a stand on what he stood for as against those who harbor hatred, vengeance, and self - destruction. We need to uproot selfishness, greed, hatred, and violence by knowing the core of sin and have the courage to rue it: First, sin does not create; it destroys creation. We need to be stewards of God and help create and build all for the service of others. Second, sin does not give; it simply receives.  We need an attitude and a lifestyle of giving.  "It is in giving that we receive." and third, sin exults self rather than God.  "Let us kill so we can claim inheritance for ourselves" is a sure formula for eternal punishment.  There is no space for us at the center of things; give everything to God.

Doing what is right In the book of Amos, the prophecy continues.  The children of the next generation would suffer because of the injustices.  We don't to see that far to realize what we have done for every sin we commit in our generation and how they affect the next generation. In gospel, Jesus does something right - he starts healing those who were affected by the sin of society. Matthew is one of them. We can also do our part to stop the cycle of sin and corruption around us by turning to the victims of sin. It's time to do what is right.