Comments on: Monday, January 28, 2018 – Binding the Strong Man

By: A

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:06:35 +0000

I would like to point out that a lot of people in Poland are leaving the Church due to the hatred of others being preached and promoted from Polish pulpits. Here in Canada, I had to leave the Polish church I was attending, because I couldn’t stand it anymore. I went to a Canadian church, and haven’t looked back. Polish priests have a knack for preaching guilt, the old hellfire rhetoric. No compassion, no mercy. Shocking that the concept of Divine Mercy was revealed in Poland.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:11:46 +0000

Yesterday, people in most countries commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Mary, your introduction to the binding of the strong man brought back memories of my pilgrimage to Auschwitz. Even after my visit, my mind was still having a difficult time grasping the immensity of the evil one human being was able to inflict on so many. The media reported yesterday that a book owned by Hitler recorded the possible annihilation of Jews in Canada. It gripped my heart. They also noted that many millennials did not know about the Holocaust (not just in North America, but also in Germany). How is that possible? Is it perhaps because new holocausts are playing out daily? Someone once said if we don’t remember the past we are doomed to repeat it. And we are. God needs to bind the strong men of our time. This Gospel reading today strikes at the heart. I often think when I read these and other commentaries, that they are speaking to the converted!

Thank you for reminding us that God is in control, that He is binding up the strong man in this 21st century (Anno Domini era or Common Era). I hold on to that Truth.

God bless.

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:17:19 +0000

Mary, thanks again for a wonderful reflection. I, like you, also get discouraged about our country’s and world’s lack of belief in God’s great existence. I don’t understand it, but I know that at my darkest points God’s presence was always there. So I go back to the idea that I cannot possibly see His great plan for unifying hearts and seeing the sins of the world…but I know He is here with us. The children in cages, the lies, the turning away of refugees, the anger and the hatred are there, but God’s presence is there also. I see it in people who want to help. People who are moving to the Holy Spirit in them. I am focusing on those stories so I don’t live in the darkness of the rest of it. I am praying more too…That is always good.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:01:47 +0000

Thank you Mary,
I finally understand the meaning of Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:05:17 +0000

Thank you Mary for mentioning my often “dismissed” country! Greetings from Poland! Please pray for Poland as a lot of Poles turn away from the Catholic Church and hatred starts growing in so many hearts. May it change into God’s love

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:39:45 +0000

Your prayer today is beautiful. Thank you for your wonderful words and inspiration. We are blessed!

By: Mary A. Brown

Mary A. Brown — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:00:25 +0000

I too am a convert. 1956. Thank you right now for these wonderful words of wisdom. If we don’t know sin how can we come against sin. I pray to our God, to Jesus and the Holy Spirit that our country will see sin, and know sin. Turn minds and hearts back to the Lord and save us from all evil decisions, so much so in our goverment and the evil of abortion. Thank You Mary and God Bless You. You are a Blessing to all of us……

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:32:52 +0000

Thanks for your reflection which I look forward to each Sunday. I note from your bio that you have been a member of the Church for fifty years this year. I am glad you are with us and providing a cradle Catholic like me with your weekly reflection. All the best.