Short message from Fr. Lawrence R. Brito

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time:​

     It is said that Jesus came to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable. Jesus is always challenging us to a better way of life. He calls us to leave the easy way and to set out on the narrow way of the cross. It is the way of the cross that leads to eternal life.  Jesus has said “what good is it for a man to gain the whole world if he has forfeited eternal life. St. James tells us to seek the wisdom of Jesus; that is the wisdom from above.  It is the wisdom of Jesus that the Church presents to the world, through her consistent teachings. Many find the teachings hard to accept. But for those who can accept them and follow them, peace is given in this life and eternal joy in the life to come.

     Jesus has told us that a true disciple of his is not of this world. Many times the teachings of Jesus and his Holy Catholic Church are rejected and hated, because they goes against the way of the world. But we should not be concerned with the negativity of those who hate the Church and her beautiful wisdom; that beautiful wisdom comes from above.

Amen