Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Mark 2:18-22
Christian’s Fasting and Prayer

We often judge others based on the common lifestyles and the ways people handle different things, applying our own standards. To us, this seems so reasonable that we consider those who share similar ways of handling things as our friends. As for those who do not follow our lifestyles, we regard them as outsiders and are unwilling to associate with them. Similarly, when we see those who lead a consecrated life in the Church, who willingly entrust themselves to God and behave differently from us, at first, we may approach them and talk to them. However, as our interaction deepens and we find that their behaviors and manners are different from ours, we choose to distance ourselves from them and stop associating with them.

Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord! Since we have been reborn in Christ through the sacrament of Baptism, we should renounce all sinful behaviors, no longer live under the shadow of sin and death, and not continue to live in our past sinful ways as before. Instead, we should always live out the spirit of the Gospel and in all places, actively convey the love and affection of Christ to those whom we have distanced ourselves from and isolated, and encourage the world to join us in living out the joy of the Gospel.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You!

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