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Thursday, June 28, 2012

June 26, 2012 – Mathew 7:6, 12-14 – Profaning the Holy/ The Golden Rule/ The Narrow Gate


"Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.

In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. Enter through the narrow gate; for other gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that lead to life, and there are few who find it."

How do we cultivate openness to God in order to be in union with Him? Father Glenn Mcdonald mentioned that the gospel reading speaks to us about going through the narrow gate. Memory plays a difficult role in our lives. We are invited to let go of our memory of the past. By holding in the past, we are prevented from going to the narrow gate. We live so much in the past from being in the present like the parents who create mental images of their children’s past. Parents should realize to try their best to move forward and forget their children’s memories. Let us seek openness of the future with the final goal that one day we can become in union with Him.

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