23 Feb Dt 30:15 (Life or death?) by Stephen Schmidt
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“Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom.” ~ Dt 30:15 (full readings)
Stephen’s Reflections: As I thought about today’s readings, I considered that the choice offered by Moses to the Israelites is the same choice offered to us today. Unfortunately, the modern world confounds the two options, sometimes making it difficult to choose correctly. It is easy to forsake the Lord’s commandments chasing after our own prosperity or those things which the world presents as important. We all lose sight sometimes of what is most important. I also thought about how abortion is presented as an alternative, a viable choice, to vulnerable mothers and fathers. We need to always remember the Lord’s admonition in today’s Gospel, for it makes our choice clear. Pray that those struggling with the choice between life and prosperity, death and doom…choose life.
* Stephen Schmidt is an accountant at St. Louis University. He and his wife Carmen have six children. He is involved in his sons’ youth group, South Side Catholic Boys Club, and is the Coalition St. Louis LIFE Runners Chapter Leader.
Faith Challenge: Pray for those mothers and fathers who are tempted to abort their child…and healing for post-abortive women, men, and families.
Counter Cultural News: LSN, LifeNews, Priests for Life, AFA, Vatican, Project Rachel.
Prayers: Prayer to end abortion, Spiritual Adoption, Alpha Center, Peters family (JP). Add Prayers on our website. Pray with meals, bedtime, wake up, LIFE Runners, etc. Consider mid-week Family Rosary (17 min). Let’s pray now.
Feast Day: St. Polycarp.
Faith Quote: “We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.” ~ St. Francis de Sales
Through Christ Our Lord,
Stephen
Heb 12:1
* Pray/Fast: Prayer connects us with God’s will & His miracles, changing us & helping others. Fast from things that take your eyes off Jesus. Those who pray together stay together, and close to God!
* Save Unborn (& family): Abortion reality (images)…#1 death cause (23% pregnancies). Prov 24:11 & Jer 1:5. “A great poverty that a child must die that you might live as you wish.” Mother Teresa
* Evangelize:Make room for unbelievers & re-evangelization of self, by way of prayer (relationship) and following Christ’s example of love (service/sacrifice/mercy). Matt 28:19.