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WE WANT TO BE LIKE OTHER NATIONS BY VERY REV FR MARK OMENE

 


  

The People of God ask for a king to be like other nations. (1 Samuel 8:4-7) 


The question is, are they ready for the consequences? 


We want to be like other Nations, has influenced some Catholics to abandon obedience  to the Holy Father and his Bishops. 


We want to be like other nations is making some us to abandon our Catholic faith and her sacred Traditions.


 Some are abandoning the Holy Mass for prayer houses; looking for a king who will fight their so called battles. 


some of us are abandoning the Sacraments like  Confession for counseling.


 We want to be like other nations is making some of us Catholics to stop praying our Rosary and abandoning the Blessed Virgin Mary.


 Some of us stopped praying for the Souls in Purgatory; some have even abandoned praying to the Angels and Saints all together.


Be slow to ask for a king like other nations, there are consequences 



My friends, do not jump off that bridge. It is always a bad idea. Trust in the Lord. For if we obey the Lord, if we are a light to the nations, if we are a church embracing our unique and wonderful call for this time and this place, then all  will be blessed through us.

And yet, even when we fall short, even when we fail, even when we call for a king of our own, we still must trust in the Lord. For even our greatest failures, might be the opportunity for God’s greatest triumph.


Let us pray 


 MAY GOD SEND US HIS HOLY SPIRIT TO OPEN OUR EYES NOT BE LIKE OTHER NATIONS AND ABANDON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. AMEN

Comments

  1. Tomjoe14 January 2022 at 01:21

    God grant me the grace not to abandon my faith. This is great

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