Saturday September 6, 2025

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“You once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds, but God has reconciled you in the fleshly Body of Christ through his death so you could be holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before him. But you must persevere in the faith and remain firmly grounded and stable, not shifting from the Gospel, which has been preached to every creature under heaven. (From today’s first reading)

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Good News Reflection for:

Saturday of the 22nd Week of Ordinary Time
September 6, 2025

Today’s Readings:

Colossians 1:21-23
Psalm 54:3-4, 6 and 8
Luke 6:1-5
bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090625.cfm
Podcast:
bible.usccb.org/podcasts/audio/daily-mass-reading-podcast-september-6-2025

How does God feel about the evils of today?

How do you think God feels about Christians who give in to the ways of the world (i.e., the lies of Satan), and who are thereby alienating themselves from him and from us his faithful ones? How do you think he feels about their hostility toward you?

If you feel upset by the evils that are happening in our world today, God has given you his own righteous anger. Though we imitate him imperfectly, our feelings about the evil that has corrupted the world (even infiltrating our beloved Church) come from God’s own heart of love.

In God’s pure love for those who are caught up in the lies of Satan, and for those who suffer because of their sins, Our Savior is taking action against the demons who are behind it. God is very angry about the evil that has increasingly pervaded the US and the world and even the Church. And he is doing something about it! He is saying, “Enough!” We see evidence of this in how desperately the Enemy is fighting to do as much destruction as possible before it gets blocked by the army of God.

Meanwhile, God in his mercy is giving everyone who has not yet surrendered to him the opportunity — opportunity after opportunity — to repent and be saved from the strategies and soul-destroying plots of the enemy. He is saying loud and clear, “Repent and follow Jesus!”

We all need to examine our lives and seek purification. Are we compromising our faith? Are we rejecting any of the ways of Christ? Are we putting personalized interpretations on God’s commands so we can choose for ourselves how to live? Is moral relativism infecting our thinking in any way, causing us to disobey God?

And are we loving everyone as Jesus loves them? Or are we hostile toward those who are hostile to Gospel truths? Do we complain about the evils that others are doing and condemn them? Or do we extend to them the peace of Christ, patience, and love. How concerned are we about the incredibly sad state of their souls? Do we love them so much that our righteous anger turns into quiet mourning because they are dangerously on the path to hell?

Remember, the extent to which we are not loving our enemies and sorrowing for their souls is the extent to which we are not loving God with our whole heart and our whole mind and our whole soul.

Run to confession, and the Lord will give you the grace to care about your enemies enough to pray for their salvation. Even if they never repent, your loving prayers for them are a victory that drives demons away from you and breaks the stronghold of division.

© 2025 by Terry A. Modica

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