Friday - 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Gospel – Luke 12:1-7

Secrets

Entrance Door, Church of Holy Sepulchre

I’m holding in my hand a computer memory stick.  It contains a complete record of every single thing you did yesterday, every word, every action.  What would you like me to do with it?  Publish it?  Sell it?  Destroy it?  What would any of us do with such a record?  Face it, we are all so very human, so frail, so broken, and yet so beloved!

Jesus continues His warnings today against hypocrisy.  He continues to remind us that we cannot claim one thing in the light of day and then continue our sinful ways in the darkness.

There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness
will be heard in the light,
and what you have whispered behind closed doors
will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Quite a sobering thought – nothing is hidden from God!  And yet, through it all, our God is a God of love and mercy.  At the end of today’s reading, Jesus reminds us in very simple terms – God notices even the smallest of birds; so do not be afraid; you are worth so much more than that!

So whatever that memory stick contains, remember that you are loved and cared for. Trust in God, turn away from sin and live a life of faith!

 

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