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If you’ve ever traveled through an airport, then you know the drill of going through security.
When it’s your turn, you must empty your pockets, remove your jacket, belt, and shoes, and place your luggage on a conveyor belt before walking through the metal detector.
That “narrow gate” has no room for your luggage; we ourselves can barely fit!
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Isn’t that an appropriate image for life?
We cannot take anything with us when we pass through that “narrow gate” of death; all we can bring with us is the faith we’re nurturing here at Mass.
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How, then, is the Lord inviting me to grow in faith?
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“Strive to enter through the narrow gate,” Jesus says, “for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.”
Only those whose faith rests – not in the things of this world – but in the Son of God.
What a powerful message. Something to really think about.
T Y V M.