It is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, regardless of race, language or religion! Jesus is for everyone! For it is through the free gift of grace, that God our Heavenly Father gave us His Only begotten Son of our Lord Jesus Christ to redeem us all through His life, death and Resurrection.
So Yes while we Christians know that there is only One true and living God, we accept that His love and mercy extends to all who do not yet know Him as we do. The faith that we have was given to us freely, and so freely we shall share our faith with all who will listen. And they all shall know us by and through our love, for we love because He first loved us. Everyone will know that we are His disciples, if we love one another. Jn 13:35
Let therefore not do or say anything that will prevent His children from coming to Him. For our Lord Jesus was lifted up from the earth, to draw all people to Himself. Jn 12:32 Amen
Saints John de Brébeuf, St Isaac Jogues, Saint Paul of the Cross pray for us…
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First reading
Romans 3:21-30 ·
It is the same justice of God that comes to Jew and pagan alike
God’s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew and pagan alike, who believes in Jesus Christ. Both Jew and pagan sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and both are justified through the free gift of his grace by being redeemed in Christ Jesus who was appointed by God to sacrifice his life so as to win reconciliation through faith. In this way God makes his justice known; first, for the past, when sins went unpunished because he held his hand, then, for the present age, by showing positively that he is just, and that he justifies everyone who believes in Jesus.
So what becomes of our boasts? There is no room for them. What sort of law excludes them? The sort of law that tells us what to do? On the contrary, it is the law of faith, since, as we see it, a man is justified by faith and not by doing something the Law tells him to do. Is God the God of Jews alone and not of the pagans too? Of the pagans too, most certainly, since there is only one God.
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Gospel
Luke 11:47-54
You have not gone in yourselves and have prevented others who wanted to
Jesus said: ‘Alas for you who build the tombs of the prophets, the men your ancestors killed! In this way you both witness what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building.
‘And that is why the Wisdom of God said, “I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will slaughter and persecute, so that this generation will have to answer for every prophet’s blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was murdered between the altar and the sanctuary.” Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all.
‘Alas for you lawyers who have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in yourselves, and have prevented others going in who wanted to.’
When he left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began a furious attack on him and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions, setting traps to catch him out in something he might say.
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