21st Sunday, Year C

Last Sunday Jesus proclaimed: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” Is it any wonder that this week the question is “How many will be saved?” Our gospel text (Luke 12:22-30) offers Jesus’ reply: strive to enter through the narrow door and warns not many will be able to do it/. Yet later Jesus paints a picture of a wide open door in which people from “east and west” streaming toward the final banquet feast. But, the door will eventually shut.

The gospel has warnings and encouragements. So, take a moment and consider all that Jesus has to offer.  Do it from the comfort of your back porch!

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