Now is the moment of choice, of option. Say with me: “It is the moment of my choice between one side and the other. Grant me, Mary, the grace of choosing well.”

God through Moses, prepared Joshua. He was young and already was leading the people of God. Moses said to him: “It was God that chose you, Joshua.”

Say with me: “It was God who chose me. I have a people for which God has chosen me. I am not a whatever. It is my mission.” Joshua crossed the River Jordan miraculously and when he arrived at the other side, he saw that the land was inhabited, it had owners, it had kings. God showed him that the live of slavery produced vices, sins, errors and dependency. It was after 400 years of slavery of the Hebrew people, that lived idolatry and the customs of the enslaving people. All that had to change. The Lord had had given them a choice. Moved by God, Joshua is with them, exhorting them: “Chose today whom you want to serve.”

Today, I too need to say to you. “Whom do you want to serve? What is your choice, what is your option?” The Lord is saying that all needs to change, because you are chosen, elected.

Joshua said: “As for me, I and my house we will serve the Lord.” The leader was resolved. I give the testimony of my option, as Joshua did, for the important thing for God and for the people to which you are called is it is your option. Respond from the bottom of your heart. Thanks to God, the people responded firmly: “Far be it for us to abandon the Lord.” After those idols and images of idols were hidden the demon. The things that the pagans sacrificed to idols, in truth, were being sacrificed, to demons. And St. Paul says: “I cannot allow you to have communion with the demon.” Do you know why my brothers and sisters? These idols are producers of sins, of vices. And as Jesus said. “You cannot serve two masters. “I am the only one.” says the Lord. Brothers as always I affirm, there is not a “middle ground”.

Unfortunately, many are serving another Lord, that is the produce of a large scale of sins in the area of sexuality, creating corruption, contesting Christian values and against parents, lacking a meaning for  life, and all this generates a great revolt in our interior. All this is a subproduct of evil and the media, supports and applauds this. They are doing all of this, not to serve God, but to serve evil.

God does not want you to have communion with the demonic! If you with evil in your courtship, marriage, work, if you live in pride, adultery, corruption, hypocrisy… Sin is sin! And you cannot look at it as with nodules that may or may not be cancerous, we cannot play with sin and maintain communion with it; even if it appears insignificant. As I said: Sin is sin!

God bless you!

Monsenhor Jonas Abib
Founder of the Canção Nova Community

translated from Portuguese