The rules are Simple, but not always Easy

Today's readings fill me with a saying, "You are what you eat." This is essentially what we are partaking, in a spiritual sense, when we accept the Eucharistic Lord through the Eucharist. We are taking the body and blood of Christ into our bodies in order to live through His grace.

This is such a simple act, but that doesn't mean that it is easy to accomplish. The shear simplicity of the religion Jesus ordered set up is mind boggling. All we have to do is follow a short list of instruction and we will live forever with God.

The list isn't easy to follow but if you think about it, it is a list that each and everyone of us would try to follow even if God didn't decree it.

Don't Lie, Steal or Murder. Be honorable and faithful. Don't lust. And pay homage to the Creator. These are all simple, but not easy things to do.

Why do I say simple, well it could be more complex, there could be a million parts to each, but God has made it simple for us.

Why do I say not easy, because even though some of them are easier that others, it is in our very nature to sin. God knows this, so He has set up ways for us to be forgiven. True repentance is all that is required. We need to know that we have sinned and ask for God to forgive that sin. Sometimes we sin without our express knowledge or perhaps we committed a sin, prior to knowing what we did was sin. These too can be forgiven.

God knows our nature, and has made it simple to repent.

But even though it is simple, that doesn't make it easy.