This past Thursday I went with father Kevin to the Local Prison. We went there to celebrate mass for them and I noticed how all of them attended mass even though not all of them were catholic. The reason is because the prison is so far and they do not see new faces every day. It made me think of how, at times we are free in the world but we take this freedom to do as we wish without caring about our bodies and our souls. Society has adjusted the norms and morals, now it is okay to do what we want with our bodies and even with the bodies of others that do not belong to us. We are imprisoned in a world of liberalism and libertinism and we do not realize it. The people there in the prison cannot do anything because to hire a lawyer is too expensive here, the prisoners can only wait for their term to be over then they can be set free. But, we people who live outside and take liberty for granted. Are we really free? Do we appreciate our gift from God to be free or do we waste our time doing things that enslave us? God wants us to be happy being ourselves and sharing with others the best of us. Let’s not wait until we are old and imprisoned to our deficiencies, let’s give God the best of us now. It is so easy to follow our natural instinct, and as we grow older like this tree its harder to change bad habits, it’s harder to grow straight. Ask God for the grace and look for it attending daily mass. Don't grow like this tree which is confused and has grown sideways. It is by doing what is in front of us that we are really free and keep ourselves healthy, busy and serving others.
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