WORD 2day: Saturday, 16th week in Ordinary time
July 24, 2021: Exodus 24:
3-8; Matthew 13: 24-30
Certainly we have heard people explaining the reason for not approaching the
sacrament of Eucharist or reconciliation for years, saying that they
feel they are not worthy, that they feel they are too weak or that they keep
falling into the same sin again and again, that they don't want to disrespect
the sacraments. Here lies the trap of the enemy! A subtle but dangerous trap...
the trap of self-pity!
Who is not unworthy? Who is not weak? And who does not have limitations! It is
while we are still in sin, that God loves us, affirms St. Paul (Rom 5:8). It is
while the weeds are still present the Lord permits the crop to grow, in the
parable that Jesus narrates today. You cannot surprise or shock God; God knows
everything, absolutely everything (Ps 139). God is patient and kind; with all
our impurities, limitations and infidelities, God still loves us and waits for
us to grow in our hearts, strong good crops that would outdo the
weeds.
Every day is an opportunity to suppress a weed and allow a good crop to grow in our hearts and become more and more worthy of the gratuitous gift of love that we receive from God. Let every day be a sacrifice of praise that we offer to the Lord!
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