Do not be deceived

We like to make excuses for ourselves.

We like to think and say that our bad habits, practices, and behaviors do not really affect our salvation.

We cannot help ourselves, we say.

God calls us to do better, as Saint Paul reminds us in today’s first reading (1 Corinthians 6:1-11):

Do you not know
that the unjust will not inherit the Kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived;
neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers
nor boy prostitutes nor sodomites nor thieves
nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers
will inherit the Kingdom of God.

May God give us the grace to rise above our temptations and sins and to embrace fully the truth and love he extends to us through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.