Many Christians indulge in escapism, says Fr. John Mubanga, M.Afr

by Catholic Trends

13/02/2023

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Many Christians indulge in escapism, says Fr. John Mubanga, M.Afr

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Many Christians today are mostly indulged in escapism by easily seeing the evil in others but ignoring their own evil deeds, Rev. Fr. John Chomba Mubanga, M.Afr, has observed.

“Today, most of us consider ourselves to be so much better than the other. We easily see the evil in others and blind ourselves to see the evils in us,” he lamented.

Fr. Mubanga said this in a Homily at Mass at the Blessed Sacrament Parish at Abelenkpe in the Accra Archdiocese.

It was on the theme: Looking Good Does Not Necessarily Imply That Our Hearts Are Good.

Fr. Mubanga noted that just like the Scribes and Pharisees in Jesus’ time, ” … we have murdered the good name and reputation of others with our gossiping and lies.”

He said as Christians, people should not only be concerned about adhering to the formal laws, rules, and customs of society but more importantly, showing genuine love, compassion, care, and solidarity to others without expecting anything in return.

He exhorted the faithful to strive at eschewing anger, hatred, jealousy, lust, regrets, gluttony, and gossiping as these “hold us back from the presence and loving care of God.”

“My brothers and sisters, let us examine our hearts to see if there is still anything holding us back, such as anger, hatred, jealousy, lust, regrets, gluttony, and gossiping, and let us offer them all to God for healing before we can offer any gift to God or even partake in the Eucharist,” he admonished.

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Daily Readings

Thursday of the Twenty-third week in Ordinary Time

First Letter to the Corinthians 8,1b-7.11-13.

Brothers and sisters : Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.
If anyone supposes he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
But if one... loves God, one is known by him.
So about the eating of meat sacrificed to idols: we know that "there is no idol in the world," and that "there is no God but one."
Indeed, even though there are so-called gods in heaven and on earth (there are, to be sure, many "gods" and many "lords"),
yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist.
But not all have this knowledge. There are some who have been so used to idolatry up until now that, when they eat meat sacrificed to idols, their conscience, which is weak, is defiled.
Thus through your knowledge, the weak person is brought to destruction, the brother for whom Christ died.
When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their consciences, weak as they are, you are sinning against Christ.
Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause my brother to sin.

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