21 Aug 2023
The Best that We Can Do
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For 21 August 2023, Memorial of St. Pius X, based on 1 Thessalonians 2:2b-8
Brothers and sisters, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
22 August 2023 @ 1:10 am
So grateful for your reflections and questions to peruse today. Most especially that “we want to be right in our own heart and be what God wants us to be.”
22 August 2023 @ 11:10 am
Brigid, Thank you. I had the chance to listen again to my preaching hear, and that is really the nugget in the preaching, adn something that helps me personally.