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Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by Greg Goertz | Sep 29, 2024 | Daily Scripture | 0 |

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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WHY FIGHT SIN? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THESE DESIRES AND TEMPTATIONS?

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

We are all sinners who need a Savior in God’s eyes, equal, no titles, accomplishments don’t matter, no rich or poor, no different color of skin.  Why is this? God is mercy and love straight through (Bishop Barron).  “God is love.” 1 JN 4:8

We are reconciled through His Son Jesus.  Those who are baptized have an indelible mark set upon them and are adopted sons and daughters of God set apart or anointed for a specific mission in life.  We are claimed by Christ. We are branded by Christ and now the Father sees us as a part of His family.

We each have a role in the Church through our vocations.  We have each been blessed with gifts-physical and spiritual.  We are not repeatable made in the image and likeness of God. One important stone that is part of the living Church right now in this time and place.

The book of revelation tells us “No sin will enter heaven”.  So, how can anyone enter heaven?  Through the narrow gate, Jesus Christ, who God sent into the world to reconcile us with Him.  Jesus teaches us today the danger of sin.  He warns against those who have caused others to sin (been there done that).  

He breaks down two important parts of our bodies that cause us to sin, our hands and our eyes (He includes our mouth in other parts of the Gospel).  He does not want us to literally pluck out our eye or cut off our hand/foot. He is teaching us how to avoid the near occasion of sin and resist the temptation of the devil.  

First, Jesus teaches us that we have to accept ourselves as sinners and recognize ourselves as a sinner who rationalizes our sin. We were made for a relationship with Jesus and when we get to know Him we begin to realize our sinfulness.

Second, as the Act of Contrition prayer says we need to reflect on the people or places that are causing us to sin: TV, computer, cell phones, a certain room in our house, etc.  We may need to stop hanging out with certain people. Take time away from these things if they are causing us to sin: fast or abstain.  

Your mind and free will will be tested, two of your spiritual powers, but if you resist it creates strength, courage, and faith, a stronger more confident you.  It will drive you to prayer and humility, essentials to the road to sainthood.  

This inherited fallen human nature can be conquered because Jesus died on the cross. Since he became man, died and rose, we can become divine/transformed by putting Him inside of us in the Eucharist and the Word.  We can be baptized and go to confession. God’s grace is necessary when we fall into sin.

The Mass and the Eucharist forgives our sin and helps us fight sin.  Through a priest in confession, our sins are forgiven. God forgets those sins, stop dwelling on your sinful past and start remembering the joy of salvation.  We are all sinners in God’s eyes, allow Him to love you and forgive you.  Most importantly, forgive yourself.  We can sin less by falling in love with Jesus Christ so we don’t want to hurt Him any longer and with God’s grace we can become sinless and enter heaven.  Amen.

Today’s challenge: Cut off a part of your life that is causing you to sin, pray, fast, conquer and experience joy.  WARNING:  It will be a slow process, never give up!

Be a servant, be a saint today!
​#Christian YOLO

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Greg Goertz

Greg Goertz

My name is Greg Goertz. I teach 7th and 8th grade Catholic Doctrine at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Wichita, KS. Blog Mission: 1. "Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." -St. Jerome A place for young people to come to know Christ. We cannot worship something we do not know. 2. to inspire young people to create a daily habit to bring themselves to Jesus in the Scriptures and aid their prayer life. 3. to show young people how to seek God in their electronics or bring God into their electronics and avoid the evil.

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