Baruch 1:15-22; Ps 79 For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us; Luke 10:13-16
A few words from St. Jerome, whose feast we celebrate today
"Happy the man who makes progress daily, who does not weigh what he did yesterday, but makes his resolution for today and keeps it. The holy man sets his heart on ascending;the sinner, on descending. Just as the saintly man progresses day by day, the sinner regresses day by day. Happy the man who wholeheartedly ascends the highways."
Isn't this what Jesus is talking about in the gospel today. "Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have long ago repented, sitting in sack cloth and ashes..."
Sounds like, the people of Chorazin and Bethsaida were descending and not ascending. What about you and me?
"Happy the man who makes daily progress, who doe snot weigh what he did yesterday, but makes his resolution for today and keeps it...the saintly progresses day by day."
Keep ascending. Keep climbing the mountain of the Lord.
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