THURSDAY 28TH JANUARY 2021
MEMORIAL OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
Hebrews 10:19-25
Mark 4:21-25
THE MEASURE YOU GIVE IS THE MEASURE YOU GET
We live in a world today where people want to get a result without doing any work. People want to make money by doing nothing. This has made many people believe that hard work does not pay.
In the first reading of today, we see a demonstration of right living with others. The gospel reading calls us to exert our energy into doing what is right. This is because what we get depends on what we have given out. We cannot invest or sow little and want to get much more. Hard work still pays.
St Thomas Aquinas strived and studied so hard so as to be able to refute heresies despite the persecution from his family. He joined the Dominicans because of his love for preaching the word of God. Popularly called the angelic doctor, he was a true scholar who interpreted the works of Aristotle and adopted them into Christian theology which we still use today to understand the theology of the church. When one exerts a lot of energy to do something, God complements and blesses it and causes it to grow. God help us. Amen
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP
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