Daily Gospel Reflection for July 11, 2022

Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.

Today's Gospel: Matthew 10:34-11:1

This Gospel is challenging. Loving anyone more than I love my family feels impossible.It is hard thinking that God gave me these people to journey through life with only to say “love them but love Me more.”

But that’s exactly how it is. It’s true I love Him by loving them, but my goal is to be with Him in heaven. We help each other grow in holiness and the goal of marriage is to help your spouse get to heaven, but we must always put God first. He even says that if we love our parents or children more than Him, we are not worthy of Him.

This isn’t an exhortation to not love my family but an affirmation of how important it is to love God. My heavenly Father must be first in my heart because He ordained it to be that way. In loving God, we fulfill our reason for existing. We were created to freely love Him, and that is where we find true joy and peace.

Yes, we love our husbands and children, but we must love God more. We receive the grace to do this through the sacraments. We receive Jesus in Holy Communion, and we are reconciled to Him in confession. God knows our weaknesses, and He sent us his Son to teach us how to love Him more. Jesus is a loving and gentle teacher, and if we entrust ourselves to Him, He will show us how to put our Father first in all we do and are.

Ponder:

What makes it hard to put God before your family?

Pray:

Jesus, please teach me how to love You more. Help me to put You first in everything.

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