Thursday, December 5, 2013

Hear then Act: Daily Mass Homily--Thursday, December 5th, 2013


            “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.”
            It is not enough to simply hear the message of Jesus Christ and know who he is.  No, we must respond to Christ by the way we live our lives: “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.”  Every day we are faced with temptation and have opportunities to choose Christ or choose something else.  Our job is to take the message we have heard and apply it to our daily lives.
            We know that Christmas is near.  We know the end of the Advent story—Jesus will be born in a stable in Bethlehem.  But having heard the story and knowing it well, is it making a difference in your life today?  

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