Father Sean's Weekly Message

June 02, 2023

Dear Friends in Christ,

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As we find ourselves living in a time motivated by social media, influencers, and the very human desire to be liked at all cost. I offer to you this reflection from St. Gregory on Job. It’s worth a read.

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Whoever is mocked by his friend, as I am, shall call upon God, and he shall hear him. A weak-minded person is frequently diverted toward pursuing exterior happiness when the breath of popular favor accompanies his good actions. So he gives up his own personal choices, preferring to remain at the mercy of whatever he hears from others. Thus, he rejoices not so much to become but to be called blessed. Eager for praise, he gives up what he had begun to be; and so he is severed from God by the very means by which he appeared to be commendable in God.  ~continued

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