I just returned from 5:30 p.m. mass. This is not the mass I usually attend, rather, it is the mass which is put on by the teenagers in our parish once a month. While this mass is sparsely attended, I always enjoy the homily as the priest, Father Michael, always has such pearls of wisdom.
Today, the sermon came from the book of Genesis in which the serpent is tempting Eve in the garden. The serpent says, "If you are a child of God, then what would it hurt to eat the forbidden fruit?'
Father Michael reminded us that most of the trouble we get into, or sins that we commit, are predicated upon the word, "if."
There is no 'if." We are children of God. No, 'ifs,' ands or buts about it.
Have a blessed week!
Love,
Dot
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There should be on "ifs" in how we respond to Satan, but "if" we find ourselves faced with temptation, we can always cry out to the Lord and he will open a door of escape.
He wants us to succeed. He loves us.
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