Be On Guard
3rd Sunday after Epiphany 2025
As Catholics, we should be well informed about the feast days celebrated this week. We should know the details of the account of St. Paul’s conversion and how it changed the course of the Church, as well as the lives of Saints Polycarp, Francis de Sales, John Bosco, and Ignatius of Antioch. In the Epistle for today’s Mass, St. Paul instructs us to avoid the sin of revenge. We must believe that God will reward the good and punish the wicked, either in this life or the next. In this Gospel account, the deforming disease of leprosy is shown as a symbol of sin. We are reminded to have gratitude toward God for both spiritual and corporeal favors. The Roman centurion was a friend to the Jewish people and a monotheist. His beautiful words of faith have echoed through the centuries at countless Masses. We must imitate the virtues of this good centurion if we wish to be cured of our spiritual illness and live a holy life.
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