Cut it Out - Rev. Fr. Sujit Thomas
from The Ladder Homilies
Drawing from a personal story about discovering and removing a foreign lung nodule, this episode explains Jesus’ harsh-sounding gospel command to cut off a hand or foot or pluck out an eye if it causes stumbling as deliberate hyperbole calling for serious spiritual action. The message stresses deep self-examination to identify the internal “stumbling blocks” that lead to sin, noting that sin’s first and greatest victim is the sinner. Citing 1 Corinthians 11:28, it urges believers to examine themselves before receiving the Holy Qurbana, standing before the God who searches the depths of the heart. Different passions require different remedies, but the goal is healing, not harm: sin is a foreign substance that spreads and must be decisively excised for the sake of the gospel, because Jesus has defeated sin so we can become holy.
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