Lying to God 

   I may be able to convince you that the lie I tell is true, but I can never convince God.  It isn’t possible to lie to God although many attempt to do so in their lives and the way they live them.  They forget that even their deepest, darkest secrets are known to God.  At the judgement they will be called to answer for them.

   There are many Bishops and Priests who readily, and rightfully, deny the sacraments to those in mortal sin.  Yet they will shy away from doing so if the sinner is important or politically popular.  At the judgement they will called to explain why.

   “Take and eat; this is my body.” ...  “Drink from it all of you, for this is the blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matt: 26: 16 – 28, emphasis mine).  He didn’t say the bread and the wine symbolized or represented His body and blood but that it IS His body and blood.  Yet some studies estimate as many as 50% of practicing Catholics deny the real presence in the Eucharist.  If one does not believe, why bother.  God knows their heart.

   There are many high-profile people who tout their faith to gain acceptance politically or otherwise.  To attend Mass and then actively support abortion and euthanasia is, again, lying to the people.  But even the President of the United States can’t lie to God, He knows all.

   Atheists and others who would reject God claim the churches are full of hypocrites.  They are, in some degree, correct.  Yet that doesn’t diminish God, only the hypocrites.  “I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners. (Matt 9: 13).  What better place for one to have a conversion and cease being a hypocrite than in church praising God? 

Many hearts have drifted far from You.

Touch their hearts and heal them.

Let me never be far from You.

Help me to trust in Your truth always. 

Amen