A Life or Death Decision
I open with an apology for not posting yesterday. I have some good excuses! The Oremus study instructed us to reflect on the passage that most spoke to us (from the previous days' readings). It was Ash Wednesday, so a busy day for me. And...I just didn't get to it. :o) For the next several days' reflections, I will choose one of the daily Mass readings. We have a reading from the Old Testament (usually--sometimes a New Testament reading), a Psalm, and a reading from one of the Gospels every day. Today's Old Testament reading is from Deuteronomy 30:15-20: "Moses said to the people: 'Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God, which I enjoin on you today, loving him, and walking in his ways, and keeping his commandments, statutes and decrees, you will live and grow numerous, and the LORD, your God, will bless you in the land you are entering to occupy. If, however, you turn...