Septuagesima Sunday
Septuagesima Sunday, January 31, 2021
The Straight and Narrow Path (Mt.7:14)***
by Anonymous
How does one survive as a Christian in a society that is in a state of advanced moral and spiritual decay? The season of Septuagesima, which we begin today in preparation for Lent, says to us, “Get sober! It’s time to ‘think upon these things’ with St. Paul. It’s time to abandon the broad road that leads to destruction and find the narrow way that leads to life.”
Faith in Jesus Christ, the “door of the sheep,” is the absolute and necessary beginning of salvation. The “narrow way” begins with Jesus Christ, Who is the door by which we must enter: “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All whoever have come are thieves and robbers; but the sheep have not heard them. I am the door. If anyone enter by me he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and shall find pastures” (Jn.10:7-9).
But rebellion against God is the rule today, and men risk perishing “at the hands of the destroyer” (1 Cor. 10:10). (more…)