we need help, we need to help - 1st week thursday 2015

 The letter to the Hebrews acknowledges that it is always difficult to persevere in the good that we have begun.  It is difficult to grow in virtue because virtue needs perseverance.  It is difficult to form character because character involves perseverance.  In fact perseverance is essential to any good deed. 

Today the letter to the Hebrews says that Christian charity is essential for perseverance.  It is easier to be steadfast in the faith when there are people who encourage us, when there are people who strengthen us along the way, when there are people who will correct us or remind us when we are wrong. 

Our awareness of personal weakness should make us even more aware of our need to become a community – we need help and we need to help each other.  Only in acknowledging these realities can we persevere in the good we have begun.