[ Today's Readings ]
Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the Kingdom of God?
Unrepented mortal sin is serious stuff. It can keep souls from heaven. When we try to solve it on our own we typically only make things worse. We wind up cheating in the name of justice. We misuse the good things God gives us turning them into idols. We must learn to recognize these failings and address them. They lie at the center of all worldly problems. We cannot push responsibility for these kinds of solutions onto the government or social programs. These are problems only Jesus can solve. And he wants to solve them!
Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him
because power came forth from him and healed them all.
Without his grace we fare no better. Even if we don't fall in the pit, the reason we don't fall is because the LORD saves us when we are about to lose our footing.
That is what some of you used to be;
but now you have had yourselves washed, you were sanctified,
you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
and in the Spirit of our God.
Let us come to the LORD to receive his mercy today. He is calling us as surely as he calls his disciples in the gospel reading. He has a mission for us just as he does for them. He does not call the qualified. Rather, he qualifies the called.
Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy upon their couches;
Let the high praises of God be in their throats.
This is the glory of all his faithful. Alleluia.
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