A Penitent Blogger

Mindful of my imperfections, seeking to know Truth more deeply and to live Love more fully.

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Monday, March 23, 2009

“Fitting in”

Many of us want to “fit in”.

There is comfort in doing things the way everyone else does them.

Yesterday’s first reading (2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23) reminded us of how the People of God did the same thing in ancient times, “practicing all the abominations of the nations”.

It was the cause of their ruin.

May the Lord Jesus Christ give us the gift of constant fidelity to the ways of God.