No Other Gods, by Chris Sparks

By Chris Sparks, Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, Jan. 28, 2021

[B]ear your share of hardship for the Gospel with the strength that comes from God. (1 Tim 1:8)

Being true to Jesus doesn’t guarantee us ease, prosperity, or earthly blessings.

Shocking, I know. Who could have predicted that a religion founded by a Person whose earthly life ended in crucifixion would involve suffering? Yet there it is.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?” (Mt 16:24-26).  …

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