Receive Grace and Peace

Receive Grace and Peace

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK

Col. 1:1-8, Lk. 4:38-44. “Receive grace and peace”, this is Paul's first salute to the community in today's first reading and also, it’s the principal action of Jesus in the Gospel, to give grace and peace for all the people that came to Him. Jesus is the centre of the life of the family and “the people suffering for many kinds of sickness”, the demons. In all of these encounters the principal goal is to find the grace of God and the peace for life. In today's Gospel, Jesus went about doing good: He healed many people with various sicknesses and cast out demons from those who were possessed.

Our main challenge today is for us to leave our comfort zone and go out, because the encounter with Jesus is for us a great opportunity to get out of ourselves. Often the biggest temptation in the face of problems is to go on, remaining in the same situation in a continuous struggle of life. Life itself is on the move; the need for movement in our faith is the way to Jesus, He is the font of grace and peace. What it means is that, in our world today, there are so many opportunities for us to reach out to many more people who have not yet heard about Christ and His salvation and those who are still living in the darkness of sin and ignorance. We need to reach out to those who hunger for the truth of God and many of those who are suffering and less privileged, those who are oppressed, ostracised and rejected by the society. Let us reflect on what impedes our freedom and diminishes our willingness to serve. Today, we have the opportunity to accompany Jesus in the mountain, in prayer, for an encounter with God and others.

May the Lord put in our hearts the gift of love so that we may consecrate this day to God and the service of mankind! Amen!! Good morning, it is well with you!!!

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