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ZAP!

“Woe to you! You are like hidden tombs over which men walk unawares.” –Luke 11:44 Mass Readings: October 12 Mass Readings: October 12 First: Galatians 5:18-25 ; Resp: Psalm 1:1-4,6; Gospel: Luke 11:42-46 There are false Christians (see 2 Cor 11:26). Like the moon, these Christians may reflect just enough of the light of Christ to attract others. What little light they reflect may attract some who seek escape from the darkness of sin (see 2 Cor 11:13-15). However, these false Christians are like a “bug-zapper” light. If those unfortunate, searching souls get too close to the false Christians, their fledgling faith...

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THE OUTS AND INS

“If you give what you have as alms, all will be wiped clean for you.” –Luke 11:41 Mass Readings: October 11 First: Galatians 5:1-6; Resp: Psalm 119:41,43,45,47-48; Gospel: Luke 11:37-41 After Jesus told the Pharisees to cleanse the inside as well as the outside (Lk 11:39-40), He surprisingly encouraged them to give alms, an external activity. By this, Jesus showed that the way to cleanse the inside can be through the outside. For example, drinking to excess is an outside symptom of an inside problem. However, by dealing with the excessive drinking, you may get to its root and thereby...

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CONCENTRATION CRAMP

“So stand firm, and do not take on yourselves the yoke of slavery a second time.” –Galatians 5:1 Mass Readings: October 10 First: Galatians 4:22-24,26-27,31–5:1; Resp: Psalm 113:1-7; Gospel: Luke 11:29-32 Would a free man who once had been a prisoner of war ever voluntarily return to his former concentration camp to live? “Unthinkable!” (Gal 2:17) Yet God’s people do this constantly. The Israelites escaped the slavery of Egypt, but when times got rough, they preferred to return to flogging and constant brickmaking as long as they could eat their fish, cucumbers, melons, and garlic (Nm 11:4-5). The Galatians began...

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BLESSED DISCIPLESHIP

“Blest are they who hear the word of God and keep it.” –Luke 11:28 Mass Readings: October 8 First: Galatians 3:22-29; Resp: Psalm 105:2-7; Gospel: Luke 11:27-28 Mary prophesied that all ages would call her blessed (Lk 1:48). This prophecy was fulfilled when a woman cried out to Jesus: “Blest is the womb that bore You and the breasts that nursed You!” (Lk 11:27) Jesus replied that Mary and each of us are blessed by being disciples of Jesus, that is, those “who hear the word of God and keep it” (Lk 11:28). Being a disciple of Jesus means being...

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DO NOTHING, RETAIN NOTHING

“The result is that the last state of the man is worse than the first.” –Luke 11:26 Mass Readings: October 7 First: Acts 1:12-14; Resp: Luke 1:46-55; Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 The man in today’s parable was delivered from evil spirits, but then did nothing more. He was a spiritual sitting duck for Satan, and wound up in worse shape than he was before he was delivered (Lk 11:26). He was like a gardener who pulls up all the weeds from his garden, but then doesn’t plant any crops. Naturally, the weeds will grow right back. Jesus is teaching us that...