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NUMBERS 21:4-9
JOHN 8:21-30
http://www.usccb.org/nab/032310.shtml
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As baptized Christians we belong to God, as a son belongs to his
father. The devil is a thief, and his chief delight is to steal God’s
most precious possessions-his sons and daughters. He cannot steal us by
brute force, but must convince us to renounce our birthright willingly
by committing sin. It would seem an impossible task to convince a
prince to swap his palace for a pigsty, but the devil is up to the
challenge. He is the father of lies, and we must not underestimate his
power. He is an expert deceiver and knows just how to persuade us to
exchange our priceless inheritance for a bowl of moldy lentils. This is
sin, a deception of huge proportions. If only we saw this as clearly as
Jesus did, we would never sin again.
Surely, we all want to please God but our desires are still so mixed.
We need to be purified in the crucible of suffering, so that only the
gold of our selfless desire to please God and help others remains. Let
us ask Jesus to teach us to see the world as he sees it, with a great
supernatural spirit, so that like him, we will value the things of
heaven more than the things here below. It should be our one desire to
belong to God alone. Let us totally abandon ourselves to God’s holy
will. Let us never sell our heavenly birthright for the measly
pleasures of the world here below.
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Finally,
we pray
for one another, for those who have asked our prayers and for those who
need our prayers the most.
Have a
good day!
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