DO NOT INHERIT THE ENEMY OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

 *THURSDAY, October 19, 2023* 



Weekday (28)


First Reading. Romans 3: 21-30

Psalm. 130: 1-6 (R.7bc)

Gospel. Luke 11: 47-54


TOPIC FOR REFLECTION 


 *PLEASE, STOP MARKETING YOUR EMEMY AND NOBODY SHOULD INHERIT ENEMY* 


😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 my dear, are you aware that some people have Doctorate Degree (PhD) in marketing people, especially their enemies?


I once asked somebody a question after marketing all his enemies to me; I asked, does it mean, none of these people whom you have condemned and destroyed before me have done anything good to you before, even if it only one time?


My dear, could you believe that he waved the question, even despite twisting it in different forms? 

Hmmm, these marketers of enemies are very smart, please, be very careful with them.


Below are some of their marketing strategies...

1. They will never say good things about those whom they intend to sell to you.

2. They will blackmail them before you.

3. They will always tell you how evil they are, just to set your emotions on fire.

4. They present themselves as saints. etc.


However, my advice is that you should be careful, because they want to buy you, and in turn sell you as enemies to others. So, be very smart, because one day after sapping and extracting your good qualities, they will, in turn, sell you to others.


So, expect some people to hate you if you do not hate those whom they hate. 


My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, the greatest sign of immaturity is to inherit the enemy of either your families or friends.


Do not say that the enemy of my friend is my enemy, my dear, you have only killed yourself. 


Now, before I link it with today's Gospel,  here are my suggestions on how to deal with these sets of enemy marketers.


1. Avoid listening to them as much as you can, but if living under the same roof, be on your own, if you can't avoid their slandering, just listen to allow peace. On the contrary, be rest assured that what they say about others to you is what they are. 

For example, if they tell you that Fr. Segun is bad, don't talk, just immediately know that the person who says Fr. Segun is bad is the bad person, and before you conclude, find out if truly Fr. Segun is bad or not.


2. Do not allow what they tell you to influence your relationship with people they market to you as enemies; note that as they are talking to you, they are watching your reaction. Once they discover that you key into what they say, they start to cage you. So, don't be emotional.


3. Know that how they spoil others before you is the same they will spoil you before others.


So, having understood the above explanations, one can now understand how the Pharisees were inheriting the hatred of the prophets from their forefathers.

Jesus said; Woe to them, their ancestors killed the prophets, and they buried them. Jesus went further to say that in the Wisdom of God, He sent them prophets and apostles, some of whom they killed and persecuted, ’that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, would be required of this generation.


Do you know that it is still the same inheritance of the enemy that made some people inherit the hatred of Christ and His followers from their parents to date?


In conclusion, if any of us should inherit the enemies of others, it means we have the key to knowledge, but we refuse to enlighten the marketers of the enemy, and we also refuse to educate ourselves.

Invariably, it means you do not want to go to heaven, neither do you want others to go in.


So, let us use our tongues to count our teeth.


 *Peace ✌️ be with you.* 


 *_Rev. Fr. Segun Oladeji, CRS._* 


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