From
the crowds, someone shouted out to Jesus, “Lord, will only a few be
saved?” Jesus’ teachings & his
proclamation of God’s kingdom attracted a lot of interest from the people of
ancient Israel, but it also drew a lot of questions. The people wanted to know more and more about
what God’s kingdom was all about. Jesus
demands that we incorporate the teachings of God’s kingdom into the reality of
our daily lives, through the ups and downs of our journey.
We all called to dialogue
with the modern world and to read the signs of the times, but we are also
called to be true to the traditions of our faith and God’s laws and
commandments. In fact, our Catholic
moral teachings contain a great richness for us. Through the Beatitudes and the
Ten Commandments, through the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity,
we can learn so much about our faith. We
need to continuously form our conscience and grow in our faith so that we can
continue to make the right decisions that our faith demands from us. We are marking an end to the month of
October, a month that honors the blessed Virgin Mary and her role in the
history of salvation, a month that calls us to specifically look at how the
respect for all human life is an important part of our Catholic faith.
So,
let’s get back to that question in today’s Gospel. Perhaps we should not be asking is not how
many will be eventually saved, but rather, we could ask ourselves some other
questions: How is God calling me to live according to his will here on earth? How am I incorporating his love and mercy
into my life in serving Him and in serving my brothers and sisters? There are some things to which only God knows
the answers.
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