Newsletter August 21st 2022 (21st Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Narrow Door

· The invitation to ‘enter by the narrow door’ can be read in light of       another  saying of Jesus: ‘I am the door; the one who enters through me, will be saved’ (John 10:9).

· Entering by the narrow door is ‘following Jesus’; learning to live as he did; taking up his cross and trusting the Father who has raised him from the dead.

· In following him, not everything counts, not everything is equal; we need to respond to the Father’s love faithfully.

· What Jesus asks isn’t legalistic rigorism, but a radical love for God and neighbour. That’s why his call is a source of demand, but not of anxiety.

· Jesus Christ is a door that is  always open. No one can close it, only    ourselves if we close ourselves to his forgiveness. (José Antonio Pagola)