Do we welcome with open arms, anyone, family or friends who wishes to talk about Jesus? Or do we shun them or shy away?
Do we lead others especially those new or struggling with the faith away from it by our words or actions? By our sinful acts? Do we in disgust show our impatience towards those who perhaps display irreverence by their talking in church, their inappropriate dressing? Or do we speak and act charitably in love at all times?
Do we hang on tight to people whom we might call friends, who lead us away from our faith and into sin? Sexual partners other than our spouse? Heavy drinking buddies? Gambling buddies? Gossip mongers? Incessant shopping or partying buddies? Or those that might lead us to other forms of abuses?
We need the love and Word of Jesus in our lives, we need to receive Him wholly into the very depths of our body and soul, otherwise we have no life in us and cannot in turn be the light for others.
Let us all strive to be holy as our heavenly Father is holy. Amen
GOSPEL Mark 9:41–50
Jesus said to his disciples:“Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. “Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another.”
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