23 Mar 2017
(School Mass)
In the gospel we hear Jesus talking about the devil. And, you know, the devil hates a lot of
things. He doesn’t like it when we come
to church. He doesn’t like it when we
forgive others. He doesn’t like it when
we’re friends with each other. And the
reason why he hates all that is because of what Jesus was getting at.
Jesus was trying to say that when we stick together, we’re
stronger. But when we separate and
become divided, that’s when we’re weaker.
And the devil can’t hurt us as much if we stick together. About 600 years before Jesus was born, there
was a little story written by a Greek man called Aesop. And the story goes like this:
“A man had several children who were always fighting and
arguing with one another. And no matter
hard he tried, he could not get them to live together in harmony. And so, he told them to get a bundle of
sticks and tie them together. He invited
each one to break that bundle of sticks across their knee. They all tried it. But none could do it.
“Then the man untied the bundle and handed them the sticks
one by one, and then they had no trouble at all in breaking them. ‘There, my children,’ said he, ‘united you
will be strong against those who would harm you. But if you quarrel and separate, your
weakness will make it very easy for your enemy to attack you.’”
The devil hates it when we’re tied together as brothers and
sisters in Christ, because our friendship in Christ is what makes us strong. So let’s be sure to always do our best to
love God and to love our neighbors. The
peace of Christ is what makes us strong—together.
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