Thursday, February 15, 2024

Lk 9:22-25

“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?”

Each day we must make choices... to be disciples or not, to live as Christ or not. Sometimes things prevent us from making the right choices--relationships, habits, belongings, beliefs, or assumptions. But we have to rid ourselves of these distractions, however difficult, and focus on Christ. This is not a one and done thing because it takes each day to decide if we will live into our beliefs or not. May this Lenten time provide us with many chances to live into our beliefs and to make them more of our daily lives. - Fr. Will