In today's first reading from Ephesians 4, Paul asks us to be humble, gentle, patient, ... Elsewhere throughout the New Testament, we are called upon to be good in so many other ways. I had mentioned before that to seek salvation, Jesus is the shortcut, in the sense that you don't need to search all over the world anymore ~ you just go to him to find it ~ simple and direct. Now, to do all those things as a Christian is expected to, Jesus again becomes the shortcut. We Catholics are so fortunate to have the Holy Eucharist available to us, the bread of heaven, to nourish us and unite us to the Lord. It is through this union that we become holy and automatically, we'll be living right; there's no need to keep a check list to see if we're good in the various ways.
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