This Sunday’s gospel is a battle cry that we are called to go into battle. Jesus says, “You are the salt of the earth.” In the ancient world, when a city was conquered, the soldiers would lay out salt everywhere, on the ground, in the streets, to destroy anything growing there. It sounds weird, but we are called as Christians to eliminate those things in the sinful world, to destroy the things that lead us away from Jesus, but it begins with our hearts. We are called to destroy the things in our hearts that lead us away from Jesus. Lust, gossip, use, the culture of death, destroy it.
Take all of these things that prevent you from being close to Jesus and be that salt in your hearts to destroy anything that is not from the Lord and embrace all those things from Jesus. This is your battle cry. Go out into battle and destroy anything that is not from Jesus. This is Spirit Juice, peace.
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Holy Fear
It’s getting close to Halloween. Let’s talk about fear, and I’m not talking about the “It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” kind of fear. I’m talking about the virtue of holy fear, that in the gospel for this Sunday, it says that the judge did not fear God, and that’s a bad thing, and it’s not being scared of God, he’s going to come and smite me…
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Pre-evangelization
Before anything can catch fire, the material has to be ready. You need something combustible, something prepared to receive the spark.
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus reminds us that the soil has to be ready before it can bear fruit. The same is true with evangelization. Before people are ready to hear the full message of the Gospel, their hearts are often prepared through goodness, truth, and beauty.
That’s the work of pre-evangelization, tilling the soil. When we promote truth, show goodness, and create beauty, we help prepare hearts to encounter Jesus and say yes to Him.
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Fr. Flanagan
Okay, guys, we are going to the movies. Spirit Juice Studios has created this original content, a film about Father Flanagan, an absolute rockstar priest and up for canonization. Father Flanagan dedicated his life to protecting children and providing for them, especially those who were orphans and disadvantaged from every race and religion, and he gave of himself totally for them. This is a fantastic…
