“For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”  MK 3:31-35

Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary.

The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house.
Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him.
A crowd seated around him told him,
“Your mother and your brothers and your sisters
are outside asking for you.”
But he said to them in reply,
“Who are my mother and my brothers?”
And looking around at those seated in the circle he said,
“Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of God
is my brother and sister and mother.”  MK 3:31-35

Today, Jesus teaches us that the kingdom of God is more important than personal family ties.  It may sound like Jesus is putting His family down, but He is making an important point, worshiping our Creator and loving others with the same love He has for us is doing His Will (commandments and beatitudes).  His Will is living the gifts of the Holy Spirit we received at Baptism and Confirmation.  We know we are achieving this when we see the fruits in our life abound: faithfulness, generosity, charity, kindness, self-control, gentleness joy, and peace.  There is no law against these fruits.  Interesting.  Fr. Mike Schmitz says, a daily discernment to see if we are doing God’s Will is: 1. Did you pray today? 2. Are you in the state of grace? (don’t forget to make sure you have a correct conscience by viewing a good examination of conscience and asking a priest for sins you are not sure of that come up in your life) 3. Are you fulfilling your daily tasks?  If yes to all three, then you are on the right track.  In this time and place where God put you, you are doing His Will.  The Devil will try to speed us up, make us worry, get us off track, make want to entertain ourselves to death, put negative thoughts in our mind, put ourselves down, make bad things look good, and turn bad things into looking really good, and make us think God is trying to take away our fun.  Heaven is a serious business and Jesus teaches us today it is even more important than our own family whom we love very much!  

Today’s challenge: Reflect in silence each day to see if you are doing God’s Will.  If you are still not sure, just ask Him.  He will make it clear in His time.  Be patient.  

Be a servant, become a saint!
​#Christian YOLO