Link to end video: https://youtu.be/LL-ClZoJ3vA God never rejects you. Father Alfonse asks where you are already walking away — every time you trade what is true, honorable, and pure for a place in the crowd.St. Paul says have no anxiety, and names what to hold instead: whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and gracious. Isaiah asks what more we want, after God has already carried His people out of Egypt, through the sea, and into the land. The world will not stay as it is. A child in the pew may one day call home from the moon. Gossip, jealousy, and backstabbing were already old 160 years ago. What will not move is God's love, or the meaning of goodness.If being kind has made you the odd one out, stay until the last question: am I going to be like everyone else?Like and subscribe if you want the next homily from Mary Immaculate. Leave a comment with the place you are done copying the room.✝ No matter what you are going through, don't worry✝ Have no anxiety. Stick to what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and gracious✝ If being good makes you the weirdo, you are still with Him✝ God has already given you everything. Stop letting the crowd outvote Him✝ Everything else will change. His love will not✝ Gossip, jealousy, and people talking badly are not new, and they are not a reason to become someone elseThis Week's ChallengeOnce this week, catch the moment you start acting like everyone else. Before you join in, stay with one thing that is true. Do not explain it away. That is the place you stop rejecting Him.Prayer reflectionLord, You do not walk away. I do, whenever I choose fitting in over what is good. Give me the courage to stick with You when kindness makes me the odd one out. Let what is true, honorable, pure, and gracious be enough. Amen.ScripturePhilippians 4:6–8 — Have no anxiety. Whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and gracious, stay with these.The prophet Isaiah — What more do you want? God has already given everything.0:00 The one thing not to forget1:23 Have no anxiety1:43 If being good makes you the outcast2:17 What more do you want?4:25 A ten-year-old, ten years from now5:31 Everything changes except His love6:49 Am I going to be like everyone else?📺 WATCH NEXT:If this message moved you, watch these related videos:"Feeling Alone? This Is What God Wants You to Know Right Now" https://youtu.be/P9VyTKGDhmg"The Secret to Being Happy: Embrace Your Problems" https://youtu.be/BxV8plIEZcQ"When Everything in your Life Is Shaking, One promise From Jesus Still Holds" https://youtu.be/kMw9XFelCyU📱 CONNECT WITH US:🌐 Parish website: https://www.maryimmaculatechurch.org/📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryimmaculatechurch🖋️ Blog: https://fralfonse.blogspot.com/✉️ Substack: https://fatheralfonse.substack.com#CatholicSermon #SundayHomily #FatherAlfonse #GodsLove #Philippians4 #BeNotAfraid #MaryImmaculate #SpiritualGrowth