5/6/10 WHEN WE SIN, WE SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM GOD

5/6/10 Incarn "When I first heard I was going to be the presider at today's mass..I first went to the lectionary...didn't understtand "If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love..."but Jesus is all lovong..so we can't keep all laws perfectly...I realized I was reflecting my own human condition * & witholding love from those who violated me...when we sin we separate ourselves from God's love...but the good news is no matter how bad you sin, you can never cut yourself off from God...barriers yes, ..what barriers. 1 Acts 15:7-21 After much debate had taken place, Peter got up and said to the Apostles and the presbyters,My brothers, you are well aware that from early days God made his choice among you that through my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the Gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the Holy Spirit just as he did us. He made no distinction between us and them, for by faith he purified their hearts. Why, then, are you now putting God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they. The whole assembly fell silent, and they listened while Paul and Barnabas described the signs and wonders God had worked among the Gentiles through them. After they had fallen silent, James responded,My brothers, listen to me. Symeon has described how ...

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