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St. Francis de Sales

January 24th, 2011

‘The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying‘ He has Beelzebub in him"
Mark 3 : 22

Jesus has started his mission and people have witnessed his miracles but the scribes from the capital put their own interpretation on his work. The scribes unlike the ordinary people are ready to say his power comes from the devil. Jesus takes the trouble to explain how illogical they are but they do not listen because they are spiritually blind. The devil is evil how could Jesus be in league with him.

Prayer


Jesus give us true direction in our judgments. Let us not see evil where there is good. We acknowledge you as complete and utter Goodness. Keep our faith strong in you. Amen.

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Just a Thought

Hope

John XXIII, referred to as the ‘caretaker Pope’, realising the widening gap between the Church and the world of his day, wrote: “An old world is disappearing. Another one is being formed, and with this I am trying to conceal some good seed or other that will have its springtime, even if it is somewhat delayed, and comes after I’m dead.”

Thomas Merton writes: “One must not give in to defeatism and despair: just as one must hope for life in a mortal illness which has been declared incurable.”

Even when dark clouds surround us, even when everything appears to be falling apart, we must continue to believe for a better future. Whatever the problem, there is a way forward.

So, my hope is in God alone because I believe in him; this is my faith. It is in him I put my faith and that faith, my belief in God’s love for me and all his creation, is the bedrock in which like an anchor, I put my hope. Together with that hope and faith is my love and fidelity in responding to that God in whom I live and move and have my being. In him I place my hope.

“Hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul” (Heb 6:15-19).

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