No matter how dark things may appear on the outside of life, faith gives the Christian a Christ-filled center. It brings light and life, the joy of salvation, the earthshaking mercy and delicious grace of God to bear on everything else. That should be no surprise. In Sunday's Gospel, Jesus' family wants to hide Him from the public because they think He has gone off His rocker. It is no wonder they thought He was evil personified.
Many people try everything to avoid heart disease.
We in God's mission are concerned that many have heart trouble of a far more serious nature and it will be the death of them forever. They clamor to the latest fad in doctors but do not know the Great Physician.