Daily Retreat 02/17/06

2006 Feb 17 Fri: Ordinary Weekday/ Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, rs

Jas 2: 14-24. 26/ Ps 111(112): 1-2. 3-4. 5-6/ Mk 8: 34 – 9: 1

From today’s readings: "Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless?... Blessed the man who greatly delights in the Lord’s commands.... What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? "

Faith Without Works is Dead

In the most famous passage from his letter, St. James insists that "faith without works is dead" and such faith cannot save! This point is actually reiterated other times in the letter, but nowhere in the Bible more emphatically than in this passage.

So read the words through thoroughly, and then simply but honestly ask yourself: What type of faith can be proven from the works of my life?