"Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."
To be a follower of Christ then is very important do not hide of being Christians, but to demonstrate it, naturally, without ostentation and without exaggeration. We are one among many into the crowd and we dont have to show those behaviors which shouldn't comply with our office and the position that were occupying into the society.
We shouldn't be ashamed to show that we go to the Holy Mass or that we're praying, and should help the others within reasonable limits, but without sounding the trumpet about the good we are doing..
In short, because Christ recognizes us as His own people, we must be Christians by the example of our normal daily life. In order not to lose the way we must also ensure that our Christian formation is continuous.
I found in the Opus Dei the formation means suitable to me, but if we look around us the means of education abound.
However i believe that, one of the most important things to do is the daily reading and meditating the Holy Gospel, asking Jesus to help us understand how we can be his followers beeing fully in the world and in our personal situation.
Lino Bertuzzi
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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 10:26-33.
Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."
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