Thief who breaks the House and the Thief who breaks the Life

GOSPEL THOUGHTS

*Ordinary Season : 29th Week : Wednesday*

*Gospel : Lk 12:39-48*

*First Reading : Rom 6:12-18*

*Thief who breaks the House and the Thief who breaks the Life*

*1) Thief in the Gospel*

The Gospel of the day speaks about the thief and Jesus warns us to be careful about this thief. 

Usually all of us are frightened about the Thief and most of the times we are careful about the thieves

*2) The Thief who breaks the House*

The Gospel specifically speaks about the thief who is ready to break the House 

We are familiar with such kind of thieves and we are careful about them 

Such thieves break open the house in order to steal, money, Gold and valuable things 

Our spontaneous response to these thieves would be a kind of preparedness to face them in any situations

*3) Our preparedness towards the Thief who breaks the house*

Every one is careful about these thieves 

All of us make maximum preparations to protect our things from these thieves 

In a way, our preparedness to challenge and to face these thieves would be commendable. Therefore, usually thieves do take chance to break open our houses 

*4) Thieves who break our life*

Like those thieves who break our houses there is also another category of thieves who break our life

These thieves are much more dangerous than those thieves who break our houses 

The Gospel calls us to reflect about such thieves and to prepare ourselves to face them in any situations 

*5) Thieves who break our life*

Satan/Devil 

Sin 

Pride

Arrogance

Hypocrisy

Duplicity

Revenge

Anger 

Selfishness 

Jealousy

Gossip 

Laziness

Self-righteousness 

All these thieves break our life in an unexpected time and unexpected ways

*6) How is my preparedness?*

So there clear understanding about the thieves who break our life. If so what is my preparedness? 

What is my strategy to face the thieves of sin, arrogance, gossip selfishness and pride? 

What is my preparedness to face the Satan and devil? 

What is my preparedness to counter attack the thief, who is all the time ready to break my spiritual life? 

Ultimately what is my preparedness to face the thieves who steal the beauty of our life? 

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim DSouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*