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Tuesday 12th Week OT
The Institute
June 23, 2015
THE RIGHT PATH +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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The
most important choices in life have consequences
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When
we choose one path, we refuse another, maybe several others
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At
the time, we can rationalize: “If this is
a mistake, I can always turn back later”
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But
that rarely happens, as the traveler in Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” knew well
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“Yet knowing how way leads on to
way, I doubted if I should ever come back”
THE DAILY CHOICESE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Every
change in course can only begin from the place on which we presently stand
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Moreover,
THE dilemma of choice is never a single test
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To
use Jesus; words in today’s Gospel, choices are the “narrow gates” along the “constricted
road that leads to life”
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And
we make those choices daily, sometimes with little thought
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To
see a neighbor in need, or not
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To
hear his or her suffering, or not
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To
take helpful action, or not
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To
consciously examine our choices, or not
NARROW GATES +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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If
we are inattentive to how “way leads on
to way,” we risk becoming morally blind or deaf or paralyzed
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Attentiveness
and action, on the other hand, open the narrow gates that make us realize the
life for which we were made
CONCLUSION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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As
we travel this constricted road, it’s only natural to wish for a map, something
to alert us, “Narrow gate here!”
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Fortunately,
Jesus has provided us one
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“Do to others whatever you would
have them do to you”
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And
he promises that consistently choosing this road less traveled will ultimately
make all the difference
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It’s
no wonder it’s called The Golden Rule
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