Forgive Yourself and Be Kind to yourself!
3rd Week Wednesday of Ordinary
Time
Year One
Heb 10:11-18
Meditation
Forgive Yourself and Be Kind to yourself!
Jesus once and for all offered
the sacrifice and is now seated at the right hand of God. He is waiting for the
enemy's fall and eternal life for all creation. It is true that Jesus has
reconciled humanity with God once and for all. God has reconciled us to the
Father, and we can be set free. We are liberated people of the Lord.
We remember our sins; in fact, the
memory of sins is a blessing so that we do not fall and fail again. The Lord
promised us that he would no longer remember our sins. It seems like a paradox:
God forgets our sins, and we remember them. Forgiving oneself is a gift to
oneself, and faith to trust in his promises.
Do we forgive ourselves?
Year Two
2 Sam 7:4-17
God speaks to David through
Nathan to build a house for him. God felt the necessity of a place for him. God
lets David know through the prophet Nathan his desire to have a temple built
for him. God's presence needs a place where everyone can go and feel the
presence of God.
A House of God is needed for
people's stability, unity, prosperity, blessing, and protection. By asking for
a house for himself, God communicates that he has come to dwell with his people
to ensure his presence and protection. He promised David and his family his
faithfulness, unlike in the case of King Saul. God is a faithful God, and his
mercy is unending.
Do we long to build the House of
God?
Gospel: Mk 16:15-18
And he said to them, ‘Go into all
the world and proclaim the good news to
the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the
one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany
those who believe: by using my name, they will cast out demons; they will speak
in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any
deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and
they will recover (Mk 16:15-18).’
The feet of those who preach the
word of God are beautiful. A call to preach the Gospel is an invitation, and it
is also a duty of every believer.
A person is a person because of
his beliefs. If you believe and love God, you will always like to proclaim Him
to everyone. The ministers of the Word are given privileges for the mission
that is given to them. They will not be harmed. They will be taken care.
If you consider yourself a believer
in Jesus, then you have the responsibility to preach the message of Christ.
Fr Putti Anthaiah sdb
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