“Making a choice – remembering that it’s only the Divine that can sustain us!”

(Based on 2 Kings 19:9B-11, 14-21, 31-35A, 36 and Mt 7:6, 12-14 – Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2)

A man once came to a crossroad, which had a church on one side, and a golf-park on the other.

At the crossroad was an interesting sign board.

It read…
>> MAKE A CHOICE!
Would you – like Lot – look at the greenery and be attracted to spend time there?
… or would you, like Abraham, be ready to walk in, to have an encounter with the Divine?

The greens may attract you, allure you and entertain you
… but remember, its only the Divine that can sustain you!


Life indeed attracts us with many things that can allure and entertain us

But Christian Life demands that we make a choice – for God and His Virtues
… a choice to enter by the “narrow gate”

Jesus says, “Enter by the narrow gate… for the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few” (Mt 7:13-14)


The Sermon on the Mount continues with Jesus presenting the wonderful message of the Kingdom of God and its radical requirements.


One of the key aspects in the Sermon on the Mount is the demand made on the part of the disciple to “make a choice”
• One has to radically “make a choice” for the Kingdom of God.
• One has to stay committed to this “choice” that is taken and live it to the fullness.

It is this “choice” that will determine whether our entry to eternity…
… eternal condemnation – is through the “wide gate” or
… eternal life – is through the “narrow gate”.


Jesus says that it is easy to pass through the wide gate…
• All those who choose not to live in accordance to the Gospel values
• All those who are content to make life “merry” and just “live life to the max”
• All those who fail to respond to God’s Grace and deny having a life in Him

But this will lead to doom and condemnation!


To pass through the narrow gate is hard…
• All those who make a choice to live according to the teachings of the Lord
• All those who boldly seek to proclaim the Kingdom by their faithful and holy lives
• All those who constantly hold on to the Lord despite hardships and difficulties in life

But this will lead to joy and eternal life!


As we stand at the crossroads of our life, let’s make a choice, remembering:
The “greens of worldly pleasures” may attract us,allure us and entertain us..
… but, it’s only the Divine that can sustain us!
>> MAKE A CHOICE!


God Bless! Live Jesus!

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📖 Discovering the beauty of the Catholic Church through the Catechism
MAN’S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT – GOD’S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE – GRACE AND JUSTIFICATION
>> Justification has been merited for us by the Passion of Christ who offered himself on the cross as a living victim, holy and pleasing to God…
… and whose blood has become the instrument of atonement for the sins of all men.
>> Justification is conferred in Baptism, the sacrament of faith.
>> It conforms us to the righteousness of God, who makes us inwardly just by the power of his mercy. Its purpose is the glory of God and of Christ, and the gift of eternal life: (CCC # 1992)
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