Titus 3:1-7 / Luke 17:11-19
The word "sin" has just three letters but it is a heavy word and and it has moral implications as well as spiritual consequences.
Sin has damaging effects on how our relationship with God, with each other, with creation as well as how we understand ourselves and about who we are.
But just as big forest fires start with small sparks, serious (or mortal) sins are the result of small and over-looked transgressions.
The 1st reading mentions some of these transgressions: slandering other people, picking quarrels, ignorance, disobedience and being misled and enslaved by different passions and luxuries.
The result is wickedness and ill-will, hating each other and hateful ourselves.
But the kindness and love of God our Saviour was revealed in Jesus Christ, and it was not because of any righteous actions we might have done ourselves, but because of God's compassion and mercy for us.
It is by God's grace that we are justified and we become heirs of His kingdom and we look forward to inheriting eternal life.
In the gospel, Jesus pointed out one necessary attitude that we must have in order to continue to live in God's grace, and also to reject the devil's temptations and fall into sin.
We need to ask God to grant us a grateful and thankful heart so that we will praise God always and give Him glory with our lives.
We must be grateful and thankful for little things so that we will be ready for the gift of eternal life in the Kingdom of God.