Tuesday, June 16, 2009

unusual

2 corinthians 8:1-9; Psalm 146 Praise the Lord, my soul; Matthew 5:43-48

In the gospel today Jesus tells his disciples, "And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that?"

what is unusual about that?

What is unusual?

We do not normally think being called "unusual" is a compliment but this is exactly what Jesus is seeking in his disciples. 

We are called to be unusual.  We are asked to stand out from the crowd, be different, be noticeably different from all the rest.  We should not be like everyone else.  

Unfortunately this is what has happened.   We have succumbed to the pressure of society and the world and we look and act just like everyone else.  How condemning is that for us who say we are followers of Christ.

We must we discover our identity and we must let Jesus and His Church show us what it means to be Christian, to be unusual and thus be perfected. 


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