Dear sisters and brothers
Today's Gospel passage is concerned with the will of God and justice, mainly.
God says, not everyone comes to heaven, to the happiness of the Lord. “But only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven, will enter the kingdom of heaven.”
And to some others he says:
"I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers!”
These two sentences give us an important message.
The gift of prophecy, and of doing miracles, may not be counted as the Work of God alone. Sometimes they can be performed even by bad men. We read in the Holy bible that even to Pharao and to Nabuchodonosor were revealed future events.
Proclaiming the Word of God and praying piously alone cannot make us God's children. These are important but are only a part of the proper faith.
The faith requires from us a living-testimony and that must not superficial.
God does nothing unrighteous.
His actions are always right.
And those who live according to the will of God is also known and recognized by God.
The Gospel is not something written or spoken word.
It is the way of life, it invites us to live in the shadow of God:
- In everything give God His worthy space.
- Honor God in everything.
Let's try to meet people and God in this motivation. Then we can experience heaven here on earth.
Our celebrations and merrymaking in these days (before the Lent time) may not be without meaning. They should bring us closer to the people and to God. God bless us in abundance. Amen!
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Fr Thomas Kalathil
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