Our Lady Of Good Counsel

Jesus tells us today that there is a door to enter the family of God. This door is Jesus. All are invited and welcomed to enter this door of faith and love. This door allows us to enter into His life and inturn allows Jesus into our lives. It is a door that is founded on Jesus.
His path is narrow that is completely centered and fixed on Christ. The easy door is wide and comfortable but it leads us to damnation and ruin of the soul though it might give us immediate success, name, fame and pleasure in this world. This is the door of sin and the
devil. Jesus wants to save us from this eternal damnation and to make the salvation won by Him on the cross real and concrete for us. He loves us to be where He is and that is in the kingdom of heaven eternally. He offers this great gift of eternity but the devil stands as an
obstacle. We often heed not to Christ but the devil because the door to heaven is hard and narrow though the reward is eternal light and the presence of God in heaven.

There was a mother who took her two little girls to the beach for recreation and fun. As they were playing in the water together along the beach the mother noticed an ice cream vendor passing by. She knew her girls would love some ice cream and it was a great treat
for them like a heavenly experience. So she ran to the vendor and got three cones of ice cream and was about to give it to them. To her surprise the children played with the sand too much and their mouths were filled with sand. So the mother cleaned their mouths first
before giving them the ice cream. In a similar way Jesus has won the battle and salvation is offered to us but we need to be available and ready to receive it by not sinning and being united with Jesus and practicing his teachings of love, forgiveness, mercy and compassion
to all. This is the narrow door we all need to enter through to be in heaven. May our Lady of Good Counsel intercede for us. ╬