Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV: Gratitude Prepares Us for God’s Blessings

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By Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV, Catholic Exchange, Oct. 11, 2022

Fr. Nnamdi Moneme OMV is a Roman Catholic Priest of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary currently on missionary assignment in the Philippines. He serves in the Congregations’ Retreat Ministry and in the House of Formation for novices and theologians in Antipolo, Philippines. …

 

2kgs 5:14-17; 2Tm 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19

Avatar photo“If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”

The message that God offers to us through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ, is this: God’s faithfulness to us does not depend on our own faithfulness to Him. St. Paul captures this message in these words to Timothy: “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead…If we are unfaithful He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.”(2Tim 2:13)

Because God is always faithful to us, even when we are unfaithful, He always wants to give us many blessings. The question is not His willingness or His ability to givebut our ability to receive from Him. Are we properly disposed to receive from Him all that He wills to give to us? …

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