The question of how to earn my place among the saved comes to mind from the Letter to Titus in the texts of the Roman Catholic Lectionary today. The fall semester in education is drawing to a close. "What do I have to do to pass or get a desired grade?" is a question which is deep in our education system. We have difficulty with a relationship with Jesus wherein we do not earn our place but we are invited to join the righteous by His graciousness and mercy which charges our faith to trust the loving promise of God to be Our Shepherd and to lead us so that we might dwell in the House of The Lord all the days of our life. The Gospel of Luke presents the episode in which ten lepers are cured by Jesus but the only one to return and offer thanksgiving for the new life is the pagan. Could our expectation of a "pass" be dampening our appreciation, awe and wonder of the Life in the Spirit of gracious compassion, mercy and healing? Practice faith to have it open life to us.
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