21st Sunday after Pentecost

Today is the 21st Sunday after Pentecost. We are encouraged to fight the good fight, and also to make good the debt we owe to our Eternal Father before our demise. If we can get to that final time, hopefully we can say, "I have fought the good fight, I have kept the Faith."

St. Paul, my patron saint when I entered into the Faith, tells us in his letter to the Ephesians, just how to fight this current and ongoing fight:

'Brethren: Be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of His power.Put ye on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. Therefore, take unto the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of justice, and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace; in all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one. And take unto you the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.'

We know that we will not be pushed beyond our strength. We also know, that if we know the Faith that comes to us from the Apostles, that we are stronger and can endure the harder tests.

Lord, have mercy