Fast Fridays: 30 Minutes for God: Difference between revisions
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Where is our allegiance? | |||
* '''The Demand for a Sign ('''[https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?38 Mt 12:38]) | |||
* '''The Return of the Unclean Spirit''' ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?43 Mt 12:43] and [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/11:24 Lk 11:24]) | |||
As news of the works and wonders of Jesus spreads, the pharisees and scribes feel threatened, and so challenge and try to discredit him. They demand “a sign,” to which Jesus replies with a brutal reference to Jonah and the judgement of Nineveh (gentiles!) and the parable of “The Return of the Unclean Spirit.” | |||
Do we build our faith on visible signs, then, with or without them, clear our consciences and move on? And even for those of us who believe without seeing (Jn 20:24), do we really complete our “clean houses” with God, or do we let demons fill any empty spaces? | |||
== Friday, Oct 11: "none greater than John the Baptist" == | == Friday, Oct 11: "none greater than John the Baptist" == | ||