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To follow Christ is an option, a choice, a call, a vocation, and we are totally free to say yes or no or maybe. You do not have to do this to make God love you. That is already taken care of. You do it to love God back and to love what God loves and how God loves!
—from the book Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi by Richard Rohr, OFM
//Franciscan Media//
SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2021
“Jesus presents Himself first of all as the Son of man… Jesus was lifted up on the cross and those who believe in Him are healed of sin and live… The second aspect is that of the Son of God… Jesus’ mission is a mission of salvation, of salvation for everyone… The third name that Jesus gives himself is “light.”… The coming of Jesus into the world leads to a choice: whoever chooses darkness will face a judgment of condemnation, whoever chooses light will have a judgment of salvation. The judgement is always the consequence of the free choice of each person: whoever practices evil seeks the darkness, evil always hides, it covers itself.”Pope Francis
