| First Reading: Psalm: Gospel: | 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Psalm 25:4-5, 8-10, 14 Mark 12:28-34 |
2 Timothy 2:13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful -- for he cannot deny himself.
Do we deny ourselves and then in turn deny others? Jesus remains faithful even when others are not. That way he doesn't deny us. When we cave into peer pressure we not only deny ourselves, that is to say we deny who and what we are, but in turn we let others down as well. We count on each other to remain faithful to who and what we are. When we fail and deny that we are an offense to others.
In this political season there are on display people who are quite good at denying who they are and then denying those of us who vote for them and count on them to stand for us and what we believe, and what we think they believe. We must learn to look for those who remain faithful to their word and to who they are. Jesus is that man. He will not let us down even when everybody else fails.
Father, thank you for remaining faithful even when we are not. We fail too often and yet yo died for us while we were yet sinners. Thank you for that and then by your Holy Spirit help me to act faithfully and not let my brothers and sisters down by denying who and what I am and who and what you are.
Amen
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