Beware of the world’s “solutions”

Life is not always easy, even when the economy is not in turmoil.

There are different ways to approach the different problems of life and “experts” present many potential “solutions”.

Some of them are good, some of them are bad.

And some of the ones that sound good are really evil.

In today’s Gospel (Mark 8:14-21), our Lord warns against what is offered by the “experts” and “leaders” of that time and place and reminds the disciples of what His power can do.

Likewise, today’s first reading (Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10) reminds us of how God can provide unexpected ways to survive even the greatest of disasters.

We should always be prudent and we should keep our priorities and responsibilities clear.

We should always avoid doing evil and we should always seek help and guidance from God: the everlasting and all-powerful source of all that is good.