Mark 9:41-50
For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to
drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. ‘If
any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in
me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck
and you were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it
off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go
to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut
it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be
thrown into hell., And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is
better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes
and to be thrown into hell, where their worm never dies, and the fire is never
quenched.
‘For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if
salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves,
and be at peace with one another.’
Reflection
Do I realize that the temptations to sin are always about
doing great things?
Can I do small things with big love as said by Mother
Teresa?