We must prioritize the Lord our God above everything and everyone, including family and friends. He is the singular Lord and God who has rescued us from death and destruction. He has transformed our decaying bodies, minds, and spirits into sources of life.
Therefore, we should dedicate our lives to righteousness and serving Him and our brethren. This dedication will ignite our hearts with passion for Him and for our loved ones. Through Christ, we not only improve but strive to become the best versions of ourselves—better spouses, better children, better colleagues.
Let us then extend the flame of His love to everyone we encounter. Amen.
Saint John of Capistrano, Priest pray for us..
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First reading
Romans 6:19-23
Now you are set free from sin, and slaves to God
If I may use human terms to help your natural weakness: as once you put your bodies at the service of vice and immorality, so now you must put them at the service of righteousness for your sanctification.
When you were slaves of sin, you felt no obligation to righteousness, and what did you get from this? Nothing but experiences that now make you blush, since that sort of behaviour ends in death. Now, however, you have been set free from sin, you have been made slaves of God, and you get a reward leading to your sanctification and ending in eternal life. For the wage paid by sin is death; the present given by God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Gospel
Luke 12:49-53
How I wish it were blazing already!
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over!
‘Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three; the father divided against the son, son against father, mother against daughter, daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’
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