Being Humble Always Matters!

Through humility, we can be raised!

Love and humility are intertwined. We cannot separate the two. We find this in the life of Jesus, who chose to join humanity even though He remained Divine.

Today our Gospel Portion is St. Luke 14:1-14, and we will meditate on,

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

St. Luke 14:11

Jesus is the example that all of His followers must follow. He provides the means to bring Heaven to earth, and He showed this in His 33 years of life with us.

St. John the Apostle told us that God is love (1 John 4-8), and we see that lived out in Jesus’ life. Now our challenge is to live love out in our lives. When we encounter every individual, we are to be that love.

It is normal to love those who love you back; however, what is most difficult is to love those who openly hate you! This is so hard to do, but we are called to do this supernatural love.

Genuine humility is required to love like Jesus!

Remember, God allowed those who hated Him to execute Him, and He forgave them and the whole world! To receive that forgiveness, we must humble our pride and love those who aim to harm us.

When we become like Jesus, we allow Him to exalt us in the present moment!

Be humble like Jesus and be exalted by Him! Live in Heaven on Earth!

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Jesus Rules!

When We Allow Jesus to Rule, Peace Reigns!

We are again at this special time of the year! We close our spiritual journey 2023 and next Sunday we will begin again. Each year’s Scriptures speak to us differently; the Scriptures remain but our lives changes and they speak to us where we are.

Today we look at the Final Judgment and we can look at our lives and see what side we are on. There are somethings that we cannot compromise on, if we are truly following Jesus, if Jesus is truly our King! We read from Matthew’s Gospel:

“Then the King will say to those at His right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was in prison and you came to me.’”
Matthew 25: 34-35.

Jesus is very clear; the God of Mercy will be the God of the Final Judgement and the Judgement will be based on the mercy that we share with one another.

This challenge goes against what the world sees as important, and we are so affected by the world! We are called to rise above the world and its non-Christlike behaviors.

We can be Christlike and thank God we have this day to evaluate ourselves and become more Christlike; it will have eternal rewards!

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Do Not Bury Love!

Are We Using Our Talents Well?

We have a new life in Jesus, are we making a difference?

As we come closer to the end of the Liturgical Year, we move our thoughts to the end of time. Many people think about getting for the End Times, but Jesus reminds us to Live Ready! This is important in the Parables of Jesus, and it is also important for our Wholistic Health!

Live Ready!

The Master gives talents:

“For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability.”
Matthew 25:14-15

For us let us call the talent love.

In the Gospel selection we see the Master return and evaluate his servants. He is happy with two and upset with one. The key is what they did with what they were given.

The ones who used the talents they received and multiplied them were rewarded. The one who buried the talent that was lent to him, lost everything!

If the talent we have is the capacity to love, we must not bury it!

Or as Mahatma Gandhi said, “Be the change!”.

As we enter Thanksgiving Week here in the U. S., there will be challenges. As we enter the end of the Liturgical Year 2023 and are reminded to be ready for the End Times, one key take away is do not bury the talents that the Master has lent to us! The Master expects us to be fruitful!

Do not bury Love! Use it well and unselfishly!

Pax,
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We Rise!

The Resurrection Faith!

“Now He is not God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to Him.”
Luke 20:38

Resurrection Faith brings meaning to our lives. It is required if want to have Jesus as our Lord! The Lord’s Disciple must follow Him even when things do not make sense according to the world.

Jesus chose love!

The Resurrection Life Choice requires Love! This goes against the way the world works.

Jesus said:”But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them…”
Matthew 5:43-44

This radical approach to life led to the Passion and the Death of Jesus! But for those who follow the Lord, this is not the end of the story!

Choosing to love people, all people, means to following Jesus, and will lead us to the result of Jesus’ life, Resurrection!

Choose the way of peace, choose Resurrection Life, rise now from whatever may be holding us down!

Choose to Rise!

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Reach Out in Love!

Break What Separates Us!

“Between us and you a great chasm has been fixed.”
Luke 16:26

Jesus reminds us that we have a choice to make. We have the Rich Man, who though was not an evil person, he just did not pay attention to Lazarus, the Poor Man. Lazarus was in need of kindness, but the Rich Man did not reach out to him, and we see in the Parable, this was a terrible thing not to do. It has eternal results!

Jesus challenges us! Do we ignore the Lazarus individuals in our lives, or do we break the separation that divides us?

If we want to follow Jesus, we do not have a choice, we must break the chasm!

Today is a new day! See those in need and bridge the gap that separates ourselves for each other!

Follow Jesus!

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Jesus Wants To Be With Us!

Be Ready To Welcome The Lord!

“Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes; truly I say to you, he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and he will come and serve them.”
Luke 12: 37

Life is good!

This parable of Jesus is so true in the real spiritual world. Jesus wants to wait on us, but we must be ready to receive Him!

TotalTrust

If we ever have to question, why does Jesus not come to me? We must ask ourselves, what are we doing to block His entrance? He is always available to serve us with Peace and Love!

What blocks Jesus entrance?

When we are hurt and we return the action.
When we judge someone.
When we participate in evil against individuals or groups.
All of the above and any action against Divine Love and Peace are road blocks that keep Jesus from serving us.

Today, may we commit ourselves to creating an open door to Jesus!

Pax.

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We are blessings to each other and ourselves!

From a friend:

Embrace whose you are. You were fearfully and wonderfully made – on purpose with a purpose. God will NEVER leave you nor forsake. Because of His unconditional love, we are given grace and mercy – which is sufficient. Trust and believe in Him. You matter and you are loved. Blessings
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We Will Have To Deal With Suffering!

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that be the Will of God, than for doing evil. 1 Peter 3:17

This season of the Pandemic of 2020 is truly a time of suffering. But as with all time, we have a choice to make. The choice comes to doing good are evil. The suffering will happen regardless of whatever choices we make in our relationship to ourselves or others. However, the result of our decisions makes a world of difference. If we choose to be kind and loving in our suffering, we will remain in peace. We can make the World a better place in this time of travail. Kindness and love are always the weapons of peace.

The Eternal one will never leave or forsake us. May we never leave or forsake the Eternal one by choosing not to be kind and loving!

The Community of Our Lady of Mount Caritas are with you in prayer.

Pax.