One of the most difficult tenants of our Christian faith is the Law that Jesus himself gave us – “to love one another.” But that love needs to extend beyond just helping others when they are in need, it means reaching out and taking action when we see things going wrong. Our readings this week teach that we’re not responsible just for the salvation of our own souls but for the salvation of everyone’s souls. The Word for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Ezekiel 33:7-9 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 13:8-10 Mathew 18:15-20 We open with a reading from the book of the prophet Ezekiel, who tells us that we are not only responsible for our own actions but for the actions of others as well, and we are dutybound to speak out. Ezekiel is teaching us that the sins of others, if left unchecked, become our sins as well. This teaching is at the heart of issues that revolve around the idea of “social sin.” In other words, if we know what is right, we can’t just turn out b...
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