6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (3)

This morning the Lord places something simple before us. A choice.

Sirach speaks plainly. If you choose, you can keep the commandments. Before you are fire and water, life and death. God does not force our hand. He gives us freedom and takes us seriously.

That freedom is …

The words of the prophet Jeremiah cut through the noise of our world like a clarion call: “Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the Lord.” And yet, blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is in …

In today’s first reading, Sirach tells us how we have been given a choice, to keep God’s commandments, if only we will to do so. We are told that we are to choose between fire and water, life and death, good and evil. Our great gift of free will requires the even …